2025 Best Speech Communication Schools in Missouri
8Colleges in Missouri
664Speech 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Speech Communication Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 664 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.
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 Missouri list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
It is hard to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in speech communication. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 191 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Missouri State University - Springfield if you want to pursue a degree in speech communication. Missouri State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Springfield. A Best Colleges rank of #575 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Missouri State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 87 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent year we have data available.
Northwest Missouri State University is a good option for students interested in a degree in speech communication. Northwest is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Maryville. This university ranks 20th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 36 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Northwest in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in speech communication has to take a look at Southeast Missouri State University. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Cape Girardeau. This university ranks 23rd out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 78 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Southeast Missouri State University in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #674 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMKC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 65 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent data year.
Truman State is a small public university located in the town of Kirksville. A Best Colleges rank of #800 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Truman State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Truman State in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 21st out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 51 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UCM in the most recent data year.
Avila is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Kansas City. This university ranks 34th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 14 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Avila 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).