2024 Best Sports Communication Schools in the Great Lakes Region
6Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
218Sports Communication Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in sports communication, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #532 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for sports communication students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 218 degrees in sports communication to qualified students.
The sports communication program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Sports Communication rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for sports communication schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Sports Communication Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Sports Communication in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the sports communication degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Sports Communication
DePaul University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in sports communication. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #203 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 sports communication students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Bradley University if you want to pursue a degree in sports communication. Located in the medium-sized city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #309 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Bradley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 sports communication students who graduated with this degree at Bradley in the most recent year we have data available.
Ashland University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in sports communication. Ashland is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Ashland. This university ranks 20th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 8 sports communication students who graduated with this degree at Ashland in the most recent year we have data available.
Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in sports communication. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #274 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means IUPUI is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 sports communication students who graduated with this degree at IUPUI in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Franklin, Franklin College of Indiana is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 28th out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 4 sports communication students who graduated with this degree at Franklin College of Indiana in the most recent data year.
Ferris is a fairly large public university located in the town of Big Rapids. This university ranks 16th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 13 sports communication students who graduated with this degree at Ferris in the most recent data year.
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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).
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The sports communication program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Sports Communication rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for sports communication schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
