2024 Best Communication Sciences Schools in Connecticut
3Colleges in Connecticut
226Communication Sciences Degrees Awarded
$60,495Avg 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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for communication sciences students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 226 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Communication Sciences Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
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Best Schools for Communication Sciences in Connecticut
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.
It's difficult to beat University of Connecticut if you want to pursue a degree in communication sciences. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 99 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the communication sciences degree program at University of Connecticut get $4,214 above the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
It is hard to beat Southern Connecticut State University if you wish to pursue a degree in communication sciences. SCSU is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize city of New Haven. This university ranks 12th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 91 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at SCSU in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the communication sciences program make around $42,450 in the first couple years of their career.
Sacred Heart University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in communication sciences. Sacred Heart is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fairfield. This university ranks 9th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 36 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at Sacred Heart in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the communication sciences program earn around $54,445 for their early career.
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.
