If you're seeking a degree in political communication, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #923 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for political communication students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 195 degrees in political communication to qualified students.
Your choice of political communication school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for political communication schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Political Communication Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Political Communication in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of political communication degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
George Washington University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in political communication. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 67 political communication students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Emerson College if you wish to pursue a degree in political communication. Located in the large city of Boston, Emerson is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 16th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 12 political communication students who graduated with this degree at Emerson in the most recent year we have data available.
Gain a solid understanding of American political history, the current political landscape, and the major political parties with this online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
Any student who is interested in political communication has to look into American University. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. This university ranks 3rd out of 7 schools for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were roughly 34 political communication students who graduated with this degree at The American University 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).
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Your choice of political communication school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for political communication schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
