2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Virginia
3Colleges in Virginia
324Media 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for communication & media studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 324 degrees in communication & media studies to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Communication & Media Studies School
Your choice of communication & media studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
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 Communication & Media Studies Degree Level
The media studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Virginia.
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 Virginia
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.
Any student pursuing a degree in communication & media studies needs to take a look at Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond. A Best Colleges rank of #189 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were about 221 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Virginia State University if you wish to pursue a degree in communication & media studies. Virginia State is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Petersburg. This university ranks 50th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 37 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Virginia State in the most recent data year.
Virginia Union University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in communication & media studies. VUU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Richmond. This university ranks 56th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 11 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at VUU 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).
Your choice of communication & media studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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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