Grad Certificate in Strategic Communication Shaping Communication Leaders

9
Credit Hours
100% online, 8-week courses
Transfer in up to 50% of the certificate total
Enrich Your Career with an Online Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication
Liberty University’s online Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication can set you on the path to success by helping you develop your professional abilities, nurture your digital media skills, and enhance your communications expertise. With courses in media technology and communication strategies for the digital age, you have the chance to build a fundamental understanding of how marketing and content creation can be leveraged.
Conferring our Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication online can give you the chance to cultivate foundational knowledge and skills to promote your company through communications. Since this certificate program is 100% online, you can pursue your education from anywhere with an internet connection. At Liberty, we have designed our online graduate certificates with your needs in mind because our goal is to support you as both a student and as a professional.






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- Private Nonprofit University
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- No Standardized Testing for Admission
- Transfer in up to 75% of an Undergrad Degree
- Transfer in up to 50% of a Grad/Doctoral Degree
Why Choose Liberty’s Online Strategic Communication Graduate Certificate?
Whether you are looking to advance your current career or transition to a new one, our Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication can help equip you with skills for impactful contribution to your field. Taught by experienced professionals, our strategic communication graduate certificate program is designed to give you practical training that can help you solve real-world communication problems. As a Christian university, we integrate a biblical worldview into all our certificates and degree programs, so you can prepare to lead with confidence and integrity.
What Will You Study in Our Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication Online Program?
Our graduate certificate program in strategic communication can help you develop as a communication and business professional in a wide variety of career fields. You can study to create communication campaigns that are effective and successful in the current digital age. Because internal communication is as important as external communication, you can also study how to develop reliable internal communication strategies for your organization. This could also help you prepare to resolve conflicts and other results of miscommunication.
Potential Career Opportunities
Our Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication can help you prepare for several career paths. Depending on your current knowledge, education level, and experience, there are many different positions that could benefit from our accredited strategic communication certificate:
- Advertising and marketing manager
- Brand manager and developer
- Communications coordinator
- Digital advertising specialist
- Public relations specialist
The communication skills that you can gain from our Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication can be an asset in several career fields as you pursue positions of added responsibility. Additionally, the credits from this certificate may transfer directly into the master’s in digital content. Take the next step towards your personal and professional goals with a strategic communication certificate from Liberty University.
Additional education or training may be required for some jobs or occupations. Conferral of a certificate does not guarantee job placement.
Required Courses
Certificate Information
- This certificate falls under the School of Communication and the Arts.
- View the Graduate Communication and the Arts Course Guides (login required).
Certificate Completion Plan

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Tuition & Aid
Your success is our success, which is why we are committed to providing quality academics at an affordable tuition rate. While other colleges are increasing their tuition, we have frozen tuition rates for the majority of our undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs for the past 9 years – and counting.
Graduate Full Time | $565/Credit |
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Graduate Part Time | $615/Credit |
Military Graduate | $275/Credit |
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
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Admission Information for Liberty’s Online Strategic Communication Certificate
Admission Requirements
- Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9596.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
- Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system). A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 2.25 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Applicants who have earned a master’s degree or at least 12 graduate credits from an accredited institution will be assessed on the basis of the master’s-level degree work.
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
- Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.
Preliminary Acceptance
If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:
- Be in your final term and planning to start your master’s degree after the last day of class for your bachelor’s degree.
- Complete a Bachelor’s Self-Certification Form confirming your completion date. You may download the form from the Forms and Downloads page or contact an admissions counselor to submit the form on your behalf.
- Submit an official/unofficial transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show a minimum of 105 completed credit hours.
- If you are a current Liberty University student completing your undergraduate degree, you will need to submit a Degree/Certificate Completion Application.
- Send in an additional, final official transcript with a conferral date on it by the end of your first semester of enrollment in the new master’s degree.
Dual Enrollment
Please see the Online Dual Enrollment page for information about starting graduate courses while finishing your bachelor’s degree.
Transcript Policies
Unofficial College Transcript Policy
Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:
- Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
- Cumulative GPA
- A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
- Degree and date conferred (if applicable)
Official College Transcript Policy
An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.
If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Admissions Office Contact Information
Liberty University Online Admissions Verification
1971 University Blvd.
Lynchburg, VA 24515

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Military
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 – $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)
*Not applicable to certificates.
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
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