A degree in communication sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #47 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of communication sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 647 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. We derive our Best Overall Communication Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Utah ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the communication sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student pursuing a degree in communication sciences needs to look into Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. Located in the midsize city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 62 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at RMUoHP in the most recent data year. Those communication sciences students who get their degree from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions earn $24,332 more than the standard communication sciences student.
Brigham Young University - Provo is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in communication sciences. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 125 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the communication sciences program report average early career earnings of $25,153.
University of Utah is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in communication sciences. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the city of Salt Lake City. This university ranks 3rd out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 96 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the communication sciences major at University of Utah make $9,185 above the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student who is interested in communication sciences has to take a look at Utah State University. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 364 communication sciences students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the communication sciences program state that they receive average early career income of $38,567.
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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