Master's Degree in
Strategic Communication
Our Strategic Communication master’s program is designed for forward-thinkers who aspire to lead transformative changes in the business, government, and nonprofit sectors. If you're driven to become a trusted leader with a mastery of communication strategy, not just tactics, our program is your best choice.
Master's Degree in
Strategic Communication
Our Strategic Communication master’s program is designed for forward-thinkers who aspire to lead transformative changes in the business, government, and nonprofit sectors. If you're driven to become a trusted leader with a mastery of communication strategy, not just tactics, our program is your best choice.
Advance Your Career with a Strategic Communication Graduate Degree
With a focus on cutting-edge technologies, pioneering strategies, and a future-ready mindset, we equip our students to navigate the next frontiers of a complex communication environment with certainty. Join a diverse group of peers and develop your toolset of influence, persuasion, authenticity, consistency, and resilience under the mentorship of leading global communication educators and professionals.
If you’re looking for more than just your next job, train with us to take a meaningful step in your career as a chief communication officer, internal communication director, crisis communication manager, external affairs director—or any strategic communication path that aligns with your interests.
Applications for the 2026 cohort are open now!
Apply by the Round 2 deadline of January 15, 2026 to ensure an admission decision before the March 2 UO scholarship deadline.
Questions? Reach out to us at sojcmasters@uoregon.edu.
Advance Your Career with a Strategic Communication Graduate Degree
With a focus on cutting-edge technologies, pioneering strategies, and a future-ready mindset, we equip our students to navigate the next frontiers of a complex communication environment with certainty. Join a diverse group of peers and develop your toolset of influence, persuasion, authenticity, consistency, and resilience under the mentorship of leading global communication educators and professionals.
If you’re looking for more than just your next job, train with us to take a meaningful step in your career as a chief communication officer, internal communication director, crisis communication manager, external affairs director—or any strategic communication path that aligns with your interests.
Applications for the 2026 cohort are open now!
Apply by the Round 2 deadline of January 15, 2026 to ensure an admission decision before the March 2 UO scholarship deadline.
Questions? Reach out to us at sojcmasters@uoregon.edu.
Take flight with a Strategic Communication Master’s Degree
In today’s content-inundated landscape, strategic communication is crucial to the success of businesses, government, and nonprofits alike. Our students graduate with the mass communication skills needed to lead in this rapidly evolving field.
Take flight
with a Strategic Communication Master’s Degree
In today’s content-inundated landscape, strategic communication is crucial to the success of businesses, government, and nonprofits alike. Our students graduate with the mass communication skills needed to lead in this rapidly evolving field.
Network with World-Class Communication Leaders
Our Strategic Communication Leadership Network brings together some of the top communication leaders in the world—executives from companies such as Microsoft, Nike, and Edelman Public Relations—to network with students, discuss the state of the industry, and guide our program’s offerings. This unique group helps us prepare our graduates for successful careers.
We’re now offering classes at our new Northeast Portland campus! We teach courses in a range of modalities, including online and hybrid classes, as well as night and weekend in-person courses, designed to accommodate the busy schedules of working professionals. Students typically complete our 48-credit program in 18–24 months.
In addition to our library, classrooms, meeting spaces, and studios, SOJC Portland is also home to state-of-the-art multimedia equipment—available for student checkout—and the Oregon Reality Lab.
Study in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest
We’re now offering classes at our new Northeast Portland campus! We teach courses in a range of modalities, including online and hybrid classes, as well as night and weekend in-person courses, designed to accommodate the busy schedules of working professionals. Students typically complete our 48-credit program in 18–24 months.
In addition to our library, classrooms, meeting spaces, and studios, SOJC Portland is also home to state-of-the-art multimedia equipment—available for student checkout—and the Oregon Reality Lab.
Your Investment
Tuition for our flexible master’s program is tied to the number of terms you complete and varies based on the pace you choose. For a customized estimate of tuition and other costs of graduate school, use the UO graduate costs calculator.
This program is eligible for federal financial aid and the G.I. Bill. Check with your employer to see if they have a tuition-matching or reimbursement program.
Cost of attendance is the estimated cost to attend the UO for the academic year. The Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships provides estimates for cost of attendance information that goes beyond tuition and fees, and includes: living expenses (housing and food), books/supplies/equipment, transportation, and miscellaneous personal expenses.
Your Investment
Tuition for our flexible master’s program is tied to the number of terms you complete and varies based on the pace you choose. For a customized estimate of tuition and other costs of graduate school, use the UO graduate costs calculator.
This program is eligible for federal financial aid and the G.I. Bill. Check with your employer to see if they have a tuition-matching or reimbursement program.
Cost of attendance is the estimated cost to attend the UO for the academic year. The Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships provides estimates for cost of attendance information that goes beyond tuition and fees, and includes: living expenses (housing and food), books/supplies/equipment, transportation, and miscellaneous personal expenses.
Student Work
Our students tackle challenging capstone projects for clients or their employers, learn from industry-seasoned faculty, and build stand-out portfolios.
Student Work
Our students tackle challenging capstone projects for clients or their employers, learn from industry-seasoned faculty, and build stand-out portfolios.
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Donna Davis
Strategic Communication Master’s Program Director
Donna Z. Davis directs the Strategic Communication Master’s program and the Immersive Media Communication Master’s program, which she founded. She also founded the Oregon Reality Lab. Her research focuses on the potential uses of extended reality (XR) technologies and the spatial web, including immersive media, virtual worlds, artificial intelligence, gamification, and other emerging media, with a special interest in marginalized and vulnerable populations.
Meet Our Faculty
Donna Davis
Strategic Communication Master’s Program Director
Donna Z. Davis directs the Strategic Communication Master’s program and the Immersive Media Communication Master’s program, which she founded. She also founded the Oregon Reality Lab. Her research focuses on the potential uses of extended reality (XR) technologies and the spatial web, including immersive media, virtual worlds, artificial intelligence, gamification, and other emerging media, with a special interest in marginalized and vulnerable populations.
