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2024 Best Speech Communication Schools in the Great Lakes Region

67 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
5,191 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded
Ranked #18 in popularity, speech communication is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 67 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for speech communication students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5,191 degrees in speech communication during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Speech Communication School

Best Speech Communication Schools in the Great Lakes Region Your choice of speech communication school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for speech 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.

Speech Communication Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Speech Communication
Bachelor's Degrees in Speech Communication
Master's Degrees in Speech Communication
Doctor's Degrees in Speech Communication

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 Speech Communication Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Speech Communication in the Great Lakes Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the speech communication degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Speech Communication

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL
207 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded

Northwestern University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in speech communication. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were approximately 207 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In WI
326 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in speech communication needs to check out University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly 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 approximately 326 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IN
242 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in speech communication. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.

There were roughly 242 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI
223 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded

Michigan State University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in speech communication. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 223 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.

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5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In OH
580 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded

Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 580 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In OH
165 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded

UDayton is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Dayton. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UDayton is a great university overall.

There were approximately 165 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UDayton in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In OH
282 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded

UC is a very large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #166 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC is a great university overall.

There were approximately 282 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.

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8
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In OH
201 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded

OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the town of Athens. This university ranks 9th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.

There were roughly 201 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.

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9
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In IL
155 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded

Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #231 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Illinois State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 155 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent year we have data available.

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DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In IL
44 Speech Communication Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #203 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.

There were about 44 speech communication students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Speech Communication Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.

Rank College Location
11 DePauw University Greencastle, IN
12 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
13 Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL
14 Saint Norbert College De Pere, WI
15 Wheaton College Illinois Wheaton, IL
16 Xavier University Cincinnati, OH

Best Speech Communication Colleges by State

Explore the best speech communication schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 1,623
Michigan 915 911
Illinois 870 1,042
Indiana 737 804
Wisconsin 672 713

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Speech Communication is one of 3 different types of Communication & Media Studies programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communications 1,837
Communication & Media Studies 1,528
Other Communication & Media Studies 508

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