2023 Best Communication & Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Communication & Journalism School for You
Communication & Journalism is the #17 most popular major in the country with 12,242 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Communication & Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 51 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Communication & Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Communication & Journalism Colleges.
Top 10 Best Communication & Journalism Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for communication and journalism students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Communication & Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Communication & Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
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Out of the 51 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
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The excellent programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best communication and journalism schools in the Great Lakes Region . UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
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University of Dayton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for communication and journalism students. It came in at #6 on the list. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dayton.
Miami University - Oxford did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for communication and journalism students. It came in at #7 on the list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the town of Oxford.
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With a ranking of #8, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for communication and journalism students. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.
John Carroll University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best communication and journalism programs. John Carroll is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of University Heights.
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Kent State University at Kent ranked #10 on this year’s Best Communication & Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a very large student population.
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Best Communication & Journalism Colleges by State
Explore the best communication and journalism colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Illinois | 757 |
Indiana | 391 |
Ohio | 199 |
Wisconsin | 75 |
Michigan | 298 |
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Communication & Journalism Related Rankings by Major
Communication & Journalism Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Communication & Media Studies | 5,059 |
Public Relations & Advertising | 2,828 |
Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 2,562 |
Journalism | 1,238 |
Communication & Journalism (Other) | 341 |
Publishing | 214 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Education | 199,724 |
Psychology | 42,013 |
Social Sciences | 22,292 |
Library Science | 5,929 |
History | 4,391 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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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