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2023 Best Communication & Journalism Schools in the Great Lakes Region

51 Colleges
$34,371 Avg Salary
$25,050 Avg Student Debt

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

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

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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#4

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

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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#6

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

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.

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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.

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#9

John Carroll University

University Heights, OH

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 757
Indiana 391
Ohio 199
Wisconsin 75
Michigan 298

Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
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

Related Major Annual Graduates
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Josh Hallett.

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