a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #8 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Delaware to determine which ones were the best for communication & journalism students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 253 bachelor's degrees in communication & journalism to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on communication & journalism students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other communication & journalism students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt communication & journalism students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized communication & journalism related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for communication & journalism students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Communication & Journalism Schools
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 Communication & Journalism Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Communication & Journalism in Delaware
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in communication & journalism.
Top Delaware Schools for a Bachelor's in Communication & Journalism
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).