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 Missouri to determine which ones were the best for communications students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 190 degrees in communications to qualified students.
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 Missouri 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.
It's difficult to beat University of Missouri - St Louis if you wish to pursue a degree in communications. UMSL is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #632 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMSL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 60 communications students who graduated with this degree at UMSL in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Saint Louis University if you wish to pursue a degree in communications. SLU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #243 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SLU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 54 communications students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Northwest Missouri State University if you want to pursue a degree in communications. Located in the remote town of Maryville, Northwest is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 20th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 41 communications students who graduated with this degree at Northwest in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in communications needs to look into Drury University. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Drury University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 35th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 14 communications students who graduated with this degree at Drury University in the most recent data year.
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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