by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for communications students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,462 bachelor's degrees in communications during the 2022-2023 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of communications for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for communications students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 Communications Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for communications students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in communications. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign.More information about a bachelor’s in communications from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
It is difficult to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in communications. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in communications from Purdue University - Main Campus
Kent State University at Kent is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in communications. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in communications from Kent State University at Kent
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater is a good choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in communications. Located in the distant town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in communications from University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Marquette is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Milwaukee.More information about a bachelor’s in communications from Marquette University
UW - Eau Claire is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Eau Claire.More information about a bachelor’s in communications from University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in communications from University of Illinois at Chicago
Located in the city of Cincinnati, Xavier is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in communications from Xavier University
Wooster College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Wooster.More information about a bachelor’s in communications from The College of Wooster
Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in communications from Oakland University
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Communications is one of 3 different types of Communication & Media Studies programs to choose from.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Speech Communication | 3,499 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 1,118 |
| Other Communication & Media Studies | 287 |
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