2025 Best Communication Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

a bachelor's degree in communication sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #47 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for communication sciences students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 109 bachelor's degrees in communication sciences to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 many resources a school devotes to communication sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of communication sciences 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 sciences 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 sciences related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for communication sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Communication Sciences in West Virginia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in communication sciences.

Top West Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Communication Sciences

1

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

71 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat West Virginia University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in communication sciences. WVU is a very large public university located in the small city of Morgantown.More information about a bachelor’s in communication sciences from West Virginia University

2

Marshall University
Huntington, WV

31 Annual Graduates

Marshall University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in communication sciences. Marshall University is a large public university located in the city of Huntington.More information about a bachelor’s in communication sciences from Marshall University

Best Communication Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Communication Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	573
Georgia	224	197
Tennessee	220	156
North Carolina	213	231
Virginia	213	215
South Carolina	195	51
Kentucky	187	150
Alabama	184	242
Louisiana	171	263
Mississippi	169	198
Arkansas	167	229

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Rankings in Majors Related to Communication Sciences

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Communication Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Communication Sciences Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Speech Pathology & Audiology	71
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	31
General Communication Sciences & Disorders	7

Majors Similar to Communication Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	704
Other Health Professions	211
Health & Medical Administrative Services	184
Public Health	158
Health/Medical Prep Programs	132
Health Sciences & Services	106
Allied Health Professions	64
Dental Support Services	57
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	32
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	9

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ghozt Tramp. More about our data sources and methodologies.