Graduate Certificate in Applied Communication Studies Navigating Communication Challenges
Enhance Your Strategic Business Skills with Our Online Graduate Certificate in Applied Communication Studies
Effective communication skills are necessary in every career field. Many industries need people who excel at written and verbal communication. By conferring our online Graduate Certificate in Applied Communication Studies, you can study to gain advanced business communication skills to potentially help you stand out to employers. This program can help you understand how to use communications in a wide range of settings and how to adapt messages to meet specific needs within a company.
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Why Choose Liberty’s Online Graduate Certificate in Applied Communication Studies?
At Liberty, we want to help graduate students like you train for success in a way that fits your lifestyle. That’s why we’ve designed our Graduate Certificate in Applied Communication Studies to be completed online.
You can pursue your education goals without putting your life on hold. You can work toward completing your graduate courses from anywhere with internet access. You can have the freedom to focus on other commitments along with your education, like your family and job.
Our mission is to help you become a Champion for Christ. At Liberty, you can study under professors whose faith is rooted in a biblical worldview. They can instruct you in practical ways to integrate Christian principles into your career.
Additionally, our faculty have real-world experience in business communications. They can guide you as you explore how to improve your company’s internal and external communication strategies.
What Will You Study in Our Applied Communication Studies Certificate Program?
This graduate certificate provides instruction in how to use both new and traditional forms of media to create messages that target specific audiences. You can study effective communication techniques that can help you motivate people, manage organizational stress, develop teams, and lead team members through change. By completing this graduate certificate, you can have the chance to develop valuable skills that can help you become a contributor in your field.
Your certificate courses can also help you understand the theories behind successful communications campaigns. You’ll study how to apply these theories to find practical solutions to your company’s problems.
You can study how to strategically use your communication skills in the workplace. These skills can be related to conflict management, small group communication, public affairs, social media, leadership, public speaking, and interpersonal communication. Overall, your courses aim to help you understand what kinds of messages are most effective for different types of audiences.
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Tuition & Aid
At Liberty University, a private Christian education is less expensive than you think. Over the last 10 years, Liberty University’s Online Program has only raised its standard tuition costs by less than 5% – and most of our online tuition rates rank in the top 35% for affordability for 2025 when compared to our leading online competitors.
| Graduate Full Time | $580/Credit |
|---|---|
| Graduate Part Time | $645/Credit |
| Military Graduate | $290/Credit |
These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
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Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students across the globe.
Who May Qualify?
- Active Duty
- Reserve/National Guard
- Veterans/Retirees
- Spouses of Service Members and Veterans/Retirees
- Current Department of Defense Employees
Available Benefits:
- Tuition discounts – $290 per credit hour for graduate courses
- Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder*
- 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)
*Not applicable to certificates.
These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
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