2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Missouri
4Colleges in Missouri
102Media 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 reviewed 4 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of communication & media studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 102 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
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 Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Communication & Media Studies in Missouri
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.
Lindenwood University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in communication & media studies. Lindenwood University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Charles. This university ranks 13th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 23 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Lindenwood University in the most recent year we have data available.
Missouri State University - Springfield is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in communication & media studies. Located in the city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #575 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Missouri State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in communication & media studies needs to look into University of Missouri - St Louis. UMSL is a large public university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. This university ranks 11th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 14 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at UMSL in the most recent year we have data available.
Webster University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in communication & media studies. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #273 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Webster is a great university overall.
There were approximately 26 communication & media studies students who graduated with this degree at Webster in the most recent year we have data available.
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).