Master of Arts in Communication
Rise to Success with Liberty’s Master of Arts in Communication
Imagine yourself collaborating with and managing your own team to create inspiring content, digital promotions, and special events. If that sounds exciting, our Master of Arts in Communication could be the degree for you! You’ll receive the knowledge and resources you need to be prepared to become the next communication director for your dream company.
Whether you want to create, promote, manage, or instruct in some area of communications, we can help. Our communication master’s courses are career-focused, which means you will be taught by industry professionals who bring current best practices and trends right into the classroom. Stay on top of this ever-evolving field with Liberty’s incredible faculty and real-world application teaching style.
Pursue Your Degree with Confidence
- Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
- Become an asset to current and future employers with the combination of hard and soft skills you’ll learn through this program.
- As a student, you have the opportunity to network with professors, peers, and other professionals.
What Will You Study?
- How to create effective campaigns
- How to work with small groups and provide innovative solutions
- The overarching interpersonal, international, and organizational communication presence
- Topics like event planning, donor relations, and social media
Career Opportunities for Communication Graduates
- College instructor
- Content manager
- Director of communication
- Nonprofit development director
- Promotions manager
- Special events coordinator
Facilities and Resources Available to Communication Students
Our Master of Arts in Communication degree is a part of the School of Communication and the Arts. As a student of this department, you will receive the following benefits:
- The curriculum is focused on experiential and hands-on learning.
- You’ll receive training with over $1 million in state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.
- You will develop your own professional portfolio while working on our radio and television studios, an on-campus sports network, client promotional projects, and our student-run public relations firm and school newspaper.
- This degree is career-focused with instructors who have both academic and professional credentials – many of them working in their field as they teach.
- As a nonprofit, Christian university, we aim to help raise the next generation of media professionals with integrity and unshakable ethics grounded in the Christian faith.
Admission Requirements for Our Graduate Degree Programs
Every application is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and all applicants must submit the following documents and meet the minimum requirements for admission:
- Admission application
- Self-certification form (for students who are in the final term of their bachelor’s degree)
- Current Liberty undergraduate students seeking preliminary acceptance into a graduate program must complete a degree completion application through their myLU account
- A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA for admission in good standing
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
Credit Hours
Available On Campus
Class Type
Residential
Transfer Credits
Transfer in up to 50% of the degree total
Next Start Date
Aug 24, 2026
Accreditation
Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC
