by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Communications is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,166 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,806 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,640 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,415 and $23,858 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 64 colleges that offered a degree in communications. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communications.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree communication arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albion College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Albion, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 64 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Wooster landed the #2 spot on the list. Wooster College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wooster, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eureka College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Eureka, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Stevens Point is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Communications Report
Blackburn College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Blackburn College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Carlinville, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Whitewater, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school awarded 91 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Communications at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
With a ranking of #8, Notre Dame College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Heidelberg University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Heidelberg University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tiffin, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Illinois at Springfield ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Springfield, Illinois, this small public school handed out 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communications at University of Illinois at Springfield
Franciscan University of Steubenville ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Franciscan U is a small school located in Steubenville, Ohio that handed out 39 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Franciscan University of Steubenville Communications Report
With a ranking of #12, Miami University - Middletown did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Middletown is a public institution located in Middletown, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #13, University of Wisconsin - Parkside did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Parkside is a public institution located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Alma College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Alma is located in Alma, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Carroll University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Waukesha, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Wittenberg University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Springfield, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 22 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Oakland University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 110 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Edgewood College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #18. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 18 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Kent State University at Kent came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 159 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Ohio Wesleyan University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Delaware, Ohio. It awarded 14 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #22, Walsh University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. North Canton, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 17 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Grace College and Theological Seminary came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Grace College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winona Lake, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 277 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Communications at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cardinal Stritch University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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