2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in the New England Region
9Colleges in the New England Region
330Media Studies Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in communication & media studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #82 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 330 degrees in communication & media studies annually.
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. We derive our Best Overall Communication & Media Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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
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 Communication & Media Studies Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies in the New England Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the media studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
Quinnipiac University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in communication & media studies. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #162 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Quinnipiac is a great university overall.
There were approximately 61 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Quinnipiac in the most recent year we have data available.
Brown University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in communication & media studies. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 29 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in communication & media studies has to look into Sacred Heart University. Sacred Heart is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fairfield. A Best Colleges rank of #321 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Sacred Heart is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Sacred Heart in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in communication & media studies has to check out Endicott College. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Beverly. A Best Colleges rank of #398 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Endicott is a great college overall.
There were roughly 6 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Endicott in the most recent year we have data available.
Worcester State is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Worcester. This university ranks 35th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 22 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Worcester State in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 26 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at CCSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Saint Michael's is a small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize suburb of Colchester. This college ranks 5th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were roughly 16 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Saint Michael's in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 11th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 26 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent data year.
Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 14 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at UMaine 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. We derive our Best Overall Communication & Media Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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