2025 Best Speech Communication Schools in Kentucky
8Colleges in Kentucky
684Speech Communication Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #18 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Speech Communication Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 684 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. For our Best Overall Speech Communication School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
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 Speech Communication Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.
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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 speech communication degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Kentucky is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in speech communication. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #220 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 219 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in speech communication needs to look into University of Louisville. UofL is a very large public university located in the city of Louisville. A Best Colleges rank of #421 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 184 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in speech communication has to check out Northern Kentucky University. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #842 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NKU is a great university overall.
There were about 69 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at NKU in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Bellarmine University if you want to pursue a degree in speech communication. Located in the city of Louisville, Bellarmine U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 7th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 49 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Bellarmine U in the most recent data year.
WKU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bowling Green. A Best Colleges rank of #851 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WKU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 47 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the remote town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 19 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Cumberlands in the most recent data year.
Lindsey Wilson College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Columbia. This college ranks 10th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 23 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Lindsey Wilson College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 41 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available.
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. For our Best Overall Speech Communication School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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