2024 Best Communication Sciences Schools in Washington
4Colleges in Washington
289Communication Sciences Degrees Awarded
$51,900Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in communication sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #47 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Communication Sciences Schools in Washington ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 289 degrees in communication sciences to qualified students.
Your choice of communication sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Communication Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Communication Sciences Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Communication Sciences in Washington
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the communication sciences degree levels they offer.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in communication sciences. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 114 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the communication sciences degree program at University of Washington - Seattle Campus make $2,496 above the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student pursuing a degree in communication sciences needs to check out Western Washington University. WWU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bellingham. This university ranks 5th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 80 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the communication sciences program earn about $43,898 in their early career salary.
It is difficult to beat Washington State University if you wish to pursue a degree in communication sciences. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #175 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Wazzu is a great university overall.
There were approximately 42 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the communication sciences program at Washington State University earn $3,894 more than the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
It's hard to beat Eastern Washington University if you wish to pursue a degree in communication sciences. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 53 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at EWU in the most recent year we have data available. Communication Sciences degree recipients from Eastern Washington University earn a boost of about $4,621 above the typical income of communication sciences graduates.
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).
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Your choice of communication sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Communication Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
