Communication & Media Studies is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #5 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 647 bachelor's degrees in communication & media studies to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of communication & media studies 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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
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 host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on communication & media studies students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other communication & media studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Student Debt - How much debt communication & media studies students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized communication & media studies related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for communication & media studies students working on their bachelor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The communications school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah.
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.
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The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in communication & media studies.
Top Utah Schools for a Bachelor's in Communications
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in communication & media studies has to look into University of Utah. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Communication & Media Studies bachelor's degree recipients from University of Utah earn a boost of about $4,433 above the typical earnings of communication & media studies majors.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in communication & media studies has to look into Brigham Young University - Provo. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
Communication & Media Studies bachelor's degree recipients from Brigham Young University - Provo receive an earnings boost of approximately $7,379 above the typical earnings of communication & media studies graduates.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in communication & media studies has to take a look at Weber State University. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public university with a very large student population.
Those communication & media studies students who get their bachelor's degree from Weber State University earn $3,841 more than the standard communications graduate.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in communication & media studies needs to look into Dixie State University. Dixie State College is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Saint George.
After graduation, communications bachelor's recipients generally earn around $32,815 in the first five years of their career.
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Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the communications program earn an average of $33,649 in the first couple years of their career.
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