PAD Award Recipients

Public Address Division

M.A. Programs in

Rhetoric & Public Address

M.A. Programs in Rhetoric & Public Address*

Ball State University Department of Communication Studies	Baylor University Department of Communication Studies	California State University-Fresno Department of Communication	California State University-Long Beach Department of Communication Studies


California State University-Northridge Department of Communication Studies	California State University-Sacramento Department of Communication Studies	Central Michigan University Department of Communication & Dramatic Arts	College of Charleston Department of Communication


Colorado State University Department of Speech Communication	Eastern Illinois University Department of Communication Studies	Hofstra University Department of Communication, Rhetoric, and Performance Studies	Illinois State University School of Communication


Indiana State University Department of Communication	Miami University of Ohio Department of Communication	Minnesota State University-Mankato Department of Speech Communication	Northern Illinois University Department of Communication


Pepperdine University Seaver College, Communication Division	St. Louis University Department of Communication	St. Mary's University (Texas) Department of English & Communication Studies	San Diego State University Department of Communication


SUNY-Brockport Department of Communication	SUNY-P0tsdam Department of English & Communication	Syracuse University Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies	Texas State University-San Marcos Department of Communication Studies


Texas Tech Department of Communication Studies	University of Akron School of Communication	University of Alabama Department of Communication Studies	University of Arkansas Department of Communication


University of Central Missouri Department of Communication	University of Cincinnati Department of Communication	University of Dayton Department of Communication	University of Louisiana-Monroe Department of Communication Studies


University of Maine Department of Communication & Journalism	University of Montana Department of Communication Studies	University of North Texas Department of Communication	University of Rhode Island Department of Communication Studies


University of South Carolina Department of English Language & Literature	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Communication	Virginia Tech Department of Communication	Wake Forest University Department of Communication


West Chester University Department of Communication Studies
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* This listing of M.A. programs is derived from the roster provided by NCA, removing those programs that do not identify a rhetoric emphasis in their graduate program. It does not include those programs that also offer a Ph.D. degree--they may too offer an M.A. degree. Those programs are listed here. Other resources for locating and evaluating M.A. programs are available. Rhetoric Review published a list in 2004 of M.A. programs in rhetoric & composition. In the 1980s, two articles surveying reputational status of terminal M.A. programs in communication. See Darlene Trott, Deborah Roach Barker, and Larry L. Barker, "Evaluation of Masters Programs in the Speech Communication Discipline, 1988," Communication Education 37 (1988): 257-262; and Deborah A. Roach & Larry L. Barker, "An Evaluation of Masters Programs in Speech Communication by Region," Association for Communication Administration Bulletin 47 (1984): 67-74.