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2023 Best Communication Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region

43 Colleges
$44,753 Avg Salary
$23,595 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Communication Sciences School for You

Communication Sciences is the #29 most popular major in the country with 10,547 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 Best Communication Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 43 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Communication Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the communication sciences programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Communication Sciences Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Midwestern University - Downers Grove the best school in the Great Lakes Region for communication sciences students. Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Downers Grove.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Communication Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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#3

Saint Mary's College

Notre Dame, IN

Out of the 43 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s College landed the # 3 spot on the list. St. Mary's College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

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#4

Rush University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rush University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Communication Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, Rush University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Out of the 43 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#6

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

Marquette University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Communication Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Calvin University

Grand Rapids, MI

Calvin University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Communication Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Grand Rapids, Calvin is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for communication sciences students. It came in at #8 on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for communication sciences students. It came in at #9 on the list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Full Communication Sciences at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

#10

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Communication Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 255
Illinois 492
Ohio 445
Indiana 174
Wisconsin 268

One of 29 majors within the area of study, communication sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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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