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2025 Best Communications Schools in Tennessee

3 Colleges in Tennessee
190 Communication Arts Degrees Awarded
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.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of communications. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 190 degrees in communications annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

Choosing a Great Communications School

Best Communications Schools in Tennessee Your choice of communications school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.

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 Communications Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Communication Arts
Master's Degrees in Communication Arts

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 Tennessee list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Communications in Tennessee

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.

Top Tennessee Schools in Communication Arts

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TN
107 Communication Arts Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga if you wish to pursue a degree in communications. UT Chattanooga is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga. A Best Colleges rank of #959 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Chattanooga is a great university overall.

There were roughly 107 communications students who graduated with this degree at UT Chattanooga in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in communications from The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In TN

It is hard to beat The University of Tennessee - Martin if you want to pursue a degree in communications. Located in the remote town of Martin, UT Martin is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 32nd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.

There were about 21 communications students who graduated with this degree at UT Martin in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in communications from The University of Tennessee - Martin

3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In TN
43 Communication Arts Degrees Awarded

Every student who is interested in communications needs to take a look at Tennessee State University. Located in the city of Nashville, Tennessee State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 29th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.

There were about 43 communications students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee State University in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in communications from Tennessee State University

Best Communications Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Communications Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Florida 715 488
North Carolina 710 372
Georgia 690 130
Virginia 630 240
South Carolina 530 19
Kentucky 518 35
Mississippi 501 29
Alabama 500 73
Louisiana 489 37
Arkansas 466 112

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Communications is one of 3 different types of Communication & Media Studies programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 383
Speech Communication 272
Other Communication & Media Studies 54

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