2025 Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
184Business Communications Degrees Awarded
$42,555Avg Early-Career Salary
Business/Corporate Communications degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #240 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 184 degrees in business/corporate communications annually.
Choosing a Great Business/Corporate Communications School
The business communications program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Business/Corporate Communications rankings. We derive our Best Overall Business/Corporate Communications School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Business/Corporate Communications Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Business/Corporate Communications in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of business communications degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Business Communications
Marquette University is a great option for students interested in a degree in business/corporate communications. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Milwaukee. A Best Colleges rank of #114 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Marquette is a great university overall.
There were roughly 50 business/corporate communications students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the business communications program make around $39,816 in their early career salary.
Central Michigan University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in business/corporate communications. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 19 business/corporate communications students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent year we have data available.
Columbia College Chicago is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in business/corporate communications. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #212 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great college overall.More information about a degree in business/corporate communications from Columbia College Chicago
Aquinas College Michigan is a good choice for students interested in a degree in business/corporate communications. Aquinas College Michigan is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Grand Rapids. This college ranks 44th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 14 business/corporate communications students who graduated with this degree at Aquinas College Michigan in the most recent data year. Those business/corporate communications students who get their degree from Aquinas College Michigan earn $6,823 more than the typical business communications graduate.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The business communications program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Business/Corporate Communications rankings. We derive our Best Overall Business/Corporate Communications School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
