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With 66,787 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the 10th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,115 and had an average of $25,414 in loans still to pay off.
Across Michigan, there were 1,791 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,117 and $27,251 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,609 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,004 and $27,379 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan” ranking analyzed 30 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication and media studies.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan”.
Out of the 30 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester University landed the #1 spot on the list. RU is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 30 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Albion College landed the #2 spot on the list. Albion College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Albion, Michigan. It awarded 31 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hope College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan list. Located in Holland, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communications students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Out of the 30 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Aquinas College Michigan landed the #4 spot on the list. Aquinas College Michigan is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Aquinas College Michigan
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan list. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 506 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Michigan State University
Cornerstone University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking. Cornerstone University is a small school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan that handed out 18 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Cornerstone
Alma College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #7. Alma is a small school located in Alma, Michigan that handed out 11 bachelors’s communications 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%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Alma College
Eastern Michigan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking. Eastern Michigan is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 124 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Eastern Michigan
Oakland University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #9. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communications degrees to 130 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Oakland University
Saginaw Valley State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking. Saginaw Valley State University is a public institution located in University Center, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Saginaw Valley State University Communication & Media Studies Report
Kuyper College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #11. Kuyper College is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
Adrian College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking. Located in Adrian, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communications students in 2020-2021.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #13. U-M is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 272 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Calvin University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking. Calvin University is a small school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan that handed out 16 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 #15, Hillsdale College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan list. Hillsdale College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hillsdale, Michigan. It awarded 6 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking. University of Michigan - Dearborn is a public institution located in Dearborn, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 Communication & Media Studies at UM Dearborn
Lawrence Technological University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan list. This small school is located in Southfield, Michigan, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Lawrence Technological University
Western Michigan University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking. Western Michigan University is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 65 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Central Michigan University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #19. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communications degrees to 69 students in 2020-2021.
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 full report on Communication & Media Studies at Central Michigan
With a ranking of #20, Spring Arbor University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan list. Spring Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communications degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Spring Arbor University
Grand Valley State University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan list. Grand Valley State University is a public institution located in Allendale, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Grand Valley State University
With a ranking of #22, University of Michigan - Flint did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan list. UM Flint is a public institution located in Flint, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at UM Flint
Northern Michigan University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan list. Northern Michigan University is a medium-sized school located in Marquette, Michigan that handed out 17 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Northern Michigan University
With a ranking of #24, Concordia University, Ann Arbor did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan list. Concordia University, Ann Arbor is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Concordia University, Ann Arbor
Wayne State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #25. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communications degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
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