Student Resources

Areas of Interest within Communication
Learn more about the areas of concentration within communication.

Communication Graduate Degrees
Charts providing statistics of the communication discipline according to degree, area of study, and gender.

Communication in Higher Education

Find links to communication departments and schools from across the US and around the world

Communication Program Database

Find contact information of communication programs listed by institution, school and department, degrees offered, and program specialization

Doctoral Program Reputational Study
NCA constructed voluntary studies that sought to measure the reputations of doctoral programs in communication. Learn more.

Famous Graduates in Communication
Find out which writing, sport, and screen star earned a communication degree

Professional Development During Your Doctoral Education
An informal introduction to professional development for doctoral students in communication. Addressing several issues involved with career development, this booklet is a primer to graduate school and helps one prepare for conversations and questions with faculty throughout one’s graduate education. Download the publication

Profiles of Practice
Profiles of Practice describes several of the wide-ranging career possibilities for people with Ph.D.s in communication. This series helps people make good personal job choices—to find the positions in which they will be most successful and that they will most enjoy.