by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 12,001 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,837 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,680 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 64 colleges that offered a degree in communications. That schools that top this list have a program in communications in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The communication arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree communication arts students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Albion College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Albion, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of Wooster. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Wooster, Ohio, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eureka College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. Eureka College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Eureka, Illinois. It awarded 7 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary’s College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 64 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and it awarded 87 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Communications Report
Blackburn College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Blackburn College is a small school located in Carlinville, Illinois that handed out 4 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin, and it awarded 114 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communications at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Notre Dame College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, Heidelberg University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Heidelberg University is located in Tiffin, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
University of Illinois at Springfield landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Springfield, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Franciscan University of Steubenville did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Steubenville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Communications at Franciscan University of Steubenville
With a ranking of #12, Miami University - Middletown did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Middletown, Ohio, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communications at Miami University - Middletown
University of Wisconsin - Parkside ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Parkside is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communications at University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Alma College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Alma College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Alma, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Carroll University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #15. Located in Waukesha, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 28 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Wittenberg University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Wittenberg is located in Springfield, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
Oakland University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #17. This fairly large school is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and it awarded 130 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #18, Edgewood College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Edgewood College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Kent State University at Kent did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #19. Kent State is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 173 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Green Bay, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communication arts degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #21, Ohio Wesleyan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Delaware, Ohio, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Walsh University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in North Canton, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Grace College and Theological Seminary landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Winona Lake, Indiana, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 272 bachelors’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read more about Communications at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
With a ranking of #25, Cardinal Stritch University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Cardinal Stritch is a small school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 9 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Communications at Cardinal Stritch University
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