If you pursue a degree in communications, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #67 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for communications students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 201 degrees in communications annually.
The communication arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Communications rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for communications schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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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 communication arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in communications needs to check out Oakland University. Oakland is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills. A Best Colleges rank of #443 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Oakland is a great university overall.
There were approximately 116 communications students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Western Michigan University if you want to pursue a degree in communications. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 communications students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Albion College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in communications. Located in the town of Albion, Albion is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 42nd out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 13 communications students who graduated with this degree at Albion in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Michigan - Flint is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in communications. UM Flint is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Flint. This university ranks 36th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 25 communications students who graduated with this degree at UM Flint 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).
The communication arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Communications rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for communications schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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