2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Washington
3Colleges in Washington
245Media Studies Degrees Awarded
Communication & Media Studies is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #82 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Washington ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 245 degrees in communication & media studies to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Communication & Media Studies School
The media studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Communication & Media Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Communication & Media Studies Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies in Washington
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the media studies degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Washington State University if you wish to pursue a degree in communication & media studies. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #182 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Wazzu is a great university overall.
There were about 68 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in communication & media studies needs to look into University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. UW Tacoma is a small public university located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma. This university ranks 49th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 63 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at UW Tacoma in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Washington - Bothell Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in communication & media studies. UW Bothell is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Bothell. This university ranks 50th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 112 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at UW Bothell in the most recent data year.
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).
The media studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Communication & Media Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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