2025 Best Speech Communication Schools in Connecticut
7Colleges in Connecticut
554Speech Communication Degrees Awarded
Ranked #18 in popularity, speech communication is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for speech communication students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 554 degrees in speech communication annually.
Your choice of speech communication 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 speech communication 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Speech Communication Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Speech Communication in Connecticut
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the speech communication degree levels they offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in speech communication needs to check out University of Connecticut. Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 245 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Fairfield University if you wish to pursue a degree in speech communication. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fairfield. A Best Colleges rank of #50 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Fairfield U is a great university overall.
There were about 61 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Fairfield U in the most recent year we have data available.
Sacred Heart University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in speech communication. Sacred Heart is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fairfield. This university ranks 9th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 32 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Sacred Heart in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in speech communication needs to take a look at Southern Connecticut State University. SCSU is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of New Haven. This university ranks 11th out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 68 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at SCSU in the most recent year we have data available.
UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of West Hartford. This university ranks 12th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 40 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UHart in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Danbury, WestConn is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 17th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 44 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at WestConn in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #317 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of New Haven is a great university overall.
There were about 44 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at University of New Haven 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).