2021 Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
71Colleges
7,234Bachelor's Degrees
$29,612Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 71 colleges that offer a bachelor's in communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication & media studies programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the communication & media studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
As a non-traditional student, you have a lot to consider when it comes to choosing an education. That's why we've developed rankings specifically for you. Check out more major-related rankings here..
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
2021 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the communications programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Communication & Media Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has taken the #1 spot in this year's communication & media studies ranking for non-traditional students. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign. UIUC also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Indiana University - Bloomington as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population. IU Bloomington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 1.4% of IU Bloomington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 18,013 students take at least one class online at IU Bloomington. There are roughly 5,256 part time students in attendance at IU Bloomington.
Our rankings recognize Michigan State University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.8% of Michigan State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. 6,517 students are part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison. UW - Madison also made our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #9.
About 0.2% of UW - Madison students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. 4,683 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Michigan - Ann Arbor as the #5 school in this year's rankings. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at U-M is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,568 part time students in attendance at U-M.
Ohio State University - Main Campus comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus. Ohio State also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
About 1.2% of Ohio State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. About 8,459 of the students at Ohio State are attending part time.
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best communication & media studies schools for non-traditional students. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Purdue has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 19,239 students at Purdue that take at least one class online. About 7,612 of the students at Purdue are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Dayton as the #8 school in this year's rankings. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton. UDayton excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 2,652 students at UDayton that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,171 part time students in attendance at UDayton.
Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Chicago as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population. UIC also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
About 0.7% of UIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. About 5,712 of the students at UIC are attending part time.
The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Illinois State University. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, Illinois State also did well on our Best Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 7,464 students take at least one class online at Illinois State. 2,500 students are part time.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region award.
Communication & Media Studies Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
One of 5 majors within the Communication & Journalism area of study, Communication & Media Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.
References
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).
,_Helsinki_Finland_(11643271925).jpg){kind=link}