2025 Best Speech Communication Schools in the Southeast Region
73Colleges in the Southeast Region
7,608Speech 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 73 schools in the Southeast Region 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 7,608 degrees in speech communication annually.
The speech communication program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Speech Communication rankings. 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.
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.
The speech communication 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 Speech Communication Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for Speech Communication in the Southeast Region
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. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
14 Top Southeast Region Schools in Speech Communication
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in speech communication. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were about 197 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year.
University of Georgia is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in speech communication. UGA is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 130 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in speech communication needs to check out University of South Florida - Main Campus. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #198 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USF Tampa is a great university overall.
There were about 215 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat James Madison University if you want to pursue a degree in speech communication. Located in the city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 409 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #220 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 219 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available.
Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the city of Baton Rouge. This university ranks 2nd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 52 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent data year.
Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 219 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #95 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Tulane is a great university overall.
There were approximately 176 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 287 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent data year.
UARK is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fayetteville. This university ranks 1st out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 237 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 28 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #180 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 178 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #217 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were about 374 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent year we have data available.
UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the city of Knoxville. This university ranks 2nd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 132 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Speech Communication Schools in the Southeast Region award.
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 speech communication program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Speech Communication rankings. 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.
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