2025 Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in communication management and strategic communications, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #268 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for communication management and strategic communications students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 210 bachelor's degrees in communication management and strategic communications to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to communication management and strategic communications students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other communication management and strategic communications students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized communication management and strategic communications related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for communication management and strategic communications students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Communication Management and Strategic Communications in the Great Lakes Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for communication management and strategic communications students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Communication Management and Strategic Communications

1

Miami University - Oxford
Oxford, OH

151 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Miami University - Oxford if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in communication management and strategic communications. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in communication management and strategic communications from Miami University - Oxford

2

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI

Basic Certificate Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in communication management and strategic communications. UW - Eau Claire is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Eau Claire.More information about a bachelor’s in communication management and strategic communications from University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Colleges by State

Explore the best communication management and strategic communications colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	612	4
Wisconsin	435	52

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Rankings in Majors Related to Communication Management and Strategic Communications

Communication Management and Strategic Communications is one of 10 different types of Public Relations & Advertising programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Advertising	833
Public Relations	420
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	356
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	338
General Organizational Communication	170
Sports Communication	98
Health Communication	52
Technical & Scientific Communication	7
Political Communication	1

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.