Enhance Your Professional Impact with Our Online Master’s in Communication Degree
Strong communication skills are imperative for relaying information clearly, managing large-scale projects, and creating a cohesive workplace community. Many organizations struggle with inefficiency, confused customers, and lackluster engagement because they cannot get their messaging straight. If you want to be part of the solution to help businesses, non-profits, ministries, and government to develop better communication, Liberty’s Master of Arts in Communication will give you the training you need!
Liberty’s master’s degree in communications provides you with a flexible and affordable track to further your career or to branch out to a new communications role. Courses cover communication theory as well as how to establish practical solutions to communication weak-spots in many fields. Our faculty of communication professionals will give insights into real-world communication challenges and creative solutions, all rooted in a biblical worldview so that you are prepared to make an impact for Christ in your industry.
What Will You Learn in Our Communications Master’s Degree?
- Communication in conflict resolution
- Interpersonal communication theory and practice
- Small group and team communications
- Strategies and tactics of persuasion
Liberty’s graduate communication master’s degree is an ideal choice for those wishing to increase leadership, management, and their persuasive impact in a variety of organizational settings. Earning your graduate degree at Liberty University will help set you apart from others in your field through your communication analysis skills and ability to create practical solutions to complex problems.
Career Fields and Positions for Communications Degree Graduates
- Advertising and public relations
- Business marketing
- Communication analyst
- Communications manager/director
- Corporate communications
- Education
- Public relations consulting
Study Online
We understand the dilemma of wanting to further your education while also staying connected to your family, career, church, and community. This degree program is offered 100% online, so you don’t have to worry about sacrificing time with the people most important to you while you pursue your degree.
As an innovator in distance learning since 1985, Liberty will provide the following benefits:
- We are recognized by multiple institutions for our academic quality, affordability, and accessibility. Our commitment to excellence also helped us rank in the top 10% of Niche.com’s best online schools in America. Earning your online master’s in communication from a nonprofit university with this kind of recognition can help set you apart from others in your field.
- The majority of tuition for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs has not increased in 9 years. While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university.
- You can complete our online communications master’s degree in 2 years.
Military Benefits
Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students from across the globe. Whether you are a current service member, discharged or retired from service, or the spouse of a service member or veteran, we are here to support you every step of the journey.
As a thank-you for your dedication and service to our country, Liberty is honored to serve and support you in your pursuit of online education by offering the following benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $275 per credit hour for graduate courses
- Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $625 per course)
- 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
Residential Benefits
- With students from all 50 states and over 70 countries around the world, you can immerse yourself in different cultures and experience the diversity of on-campus life.
- As a residential student, your scholarship opportunities could include the Heroes Fund Scholarship for military students, the Keesee Scholarship, or the Virginia: Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship.
- Learn from professors who have doctoral degrees in their fields, as well as years of real-life experience.
- As a graduate student, you will have multiple research opportunities led by students and faculty to bolster your education and résumé.
- Outside of classes and studying, you will have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of on-campus activities, such as our NCAA sports, over 200 student-led clubs, and recreation centers like Snowflex, the LaHaye Ice Center, and Camp Hydaway.
- Enjoy our Reber-Thomas Dining Hall with over 20 available food stations, including gluten-free and vegan options. Work with a nutritionist to develop a dietary plan that is right for you!
Credit Hours
Available Online or On Campus
Class Type
Online, 8-week or residential
Transfer Credits
Transfer in up to 50% of the degree total
Next Start Date
Varies
Accreditation
Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC
