2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies School for You
Communication & Media Studies is the #47 most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 58 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Communication & Media Studies program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region
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Top 10 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools
Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for communication and media studies students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
The excellent programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and media studies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a great place for communication and media studies students. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #7, Marquette University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for communication and media studies students. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for communication and media studies students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
Eastern Illinois University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.
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Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Communication & Media Studies students in the Great Lakes Region that almost earned our Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges by State
Explore the best communication and media studies colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 163 |
| Illinois | 270 |
| Ohio | 100 |
| Indiana | 304 |
| Wisconsin | 58 |
Majors Related to Communications
One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Communications
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Public Relations & Advertising | 2,828 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 2,562 |
| Journalism | 1,238 |
| Communication & Journalism (Other) | 341 |
| Publishing | 214 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 27 schools only.
- 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 UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.
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