Communication & Journalism (Other) is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #184 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of communication & journalism (other). Combined, these schools handed out 72 bachelor's degrees in communication & journalism (other) to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Communication & Journalism (Other) School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The other communications bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
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 consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 & journalism (other) students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of communication & journalism (other) students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
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 easy is it for communication & journalism (other) to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized communication & journalism (other) related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for communication & journalism (other) students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 Communication & Journalism (Other) Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Communication & Journalism (Other) in the Great Lakes Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism (other).
Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Other Communications
It is difficult to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism (other). Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population.
Those communication & journalism (other) students who get their bachelor's degree from Ohio State University - Main Campus earn $4,585 more than the standard other communications graduate.
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 other communications bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
