A degree in agricultural communication/journalism is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #595 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of agricultural communication/journalism. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 115 degrees in agricultural communication/journalism during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Best Schools for Agricultural Communication/Journalism in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of agricultural communication/journalism degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Agricultural Communication/Journalism
Any student who is interested in agricultural communication/journalism needs to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 81 agricultural communication/journalism students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
Purdue University - Main Campus is a good option for students interested in a degree in agricultural communication/journalism. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. This university ranks 2nd out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 21 agricultural communication/journalism students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a degree in agricultural communication/journalism. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 13 agricultural communication/journalism students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
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