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Largest mass communication programs in North Carolina
North Carolina mass communication programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | Public, 4-year | 359 |
| 2 | North Carolina A & T State University | Greensboro | Public, 4-year | 108 |
| 3 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Greensboro | Public, 4-year | 71 |
| 4 | North Carolina Central University | Durham | Public, 4-year | 39 |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | Pembroke | Public, 4-year | 33 |
| 6 | Winston-Salem State University | Winston-Salem | Public, 4-year | 33 |
| 7 | University of North Carolina Asheville | Asheville | Public, 4-year | 29 |
| 8 | Elon University | Elon | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 18 |
| 9 | Johnson C Smith University | Charlotte | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 13 |
| 10 | Barton College | Wilson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 8 |
| 11 | Shaw University | Raleigh | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 8 |
| 12 | Meredith College | Raleigh | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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