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Most Popular Schools for General Communication Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the comprehensive study of communication, and that spans the study of mass communication/media studies, old and new media technologies, social and political applications, and speech communication and rhetoric. Includes instruction in interpersonal, group, organizational, and intercultural communication; theories of communication; critical thinking, argumentation, and persuasion; written communication; printed, electronic, and digital media; rhetorical tradition and criticism; media, society, and culture; consequences and effects of mass media; media social science and criticism; and quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Boston University 411 4% $72,618
2 Purdue University-Main Campus 409 4% $22,822
3 University of California-Santa Barbara 359 6% $36,659
4 University of Phoenix-Arizona 348 1% $10,912
5 University of Utah 343 4% $24,472
6 Texas A & M University-College Station 318 2% $29,506
7 University of California-Davis 279 3% $35,177
8 Kent State University at Kent 265 4% $25,886
9 University of California-San Diego 254 3% $32,838
10 University of Massachusetts-Amherst 245 3% $30,913
11 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 244 2% $30,102
12 The University of Texas at San Antonio 230 4% $23,715
13 High Point University 227 20% $52,998
14 University of North Florida 189 5% $21,384
15 Marist College 186 11% $58,150
16 Oakland University 161 4% $25,524
17 Northeastern University Lifelong Learning Network 146 4% N/A
18 Northeastern University 138 2% $70,592
19 University of Colorado Colorado Springs 138 6% $25,843
20 University of North Dakota 131 4% $22,091
21 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 121 7% $27,890
22 University of Houston-Downtown 120 3% $7,732
23 Wake Forest University 109 5% $71,638
24 Towson University 104 2% $26,834
25 Baylor University 104 2% $62,527
26 University of San Diego 100 4% $67,498
27 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 97 4% $25,147
28 Eastern Illinois University 95 4% $24,305
29 University of Massachusetts-Boston 94 3% $36,647
30 The College of New Jersey 88 4% $34,992
31 Cornell University 87 1% $73,904
32 CUNY City College 86 3% $29,967
33 Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi 85 4% $23,307
34 La Salle University 82 6% $47,110
35 Rollins College 79 9% $67,862
36 Central New Mexico Community College 78 1% $3,066
37 The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga 78 3% $23,614
38 Colorado State University-Global Campus 78 2% N/A
39 Tarleton State University 77 2% $21,795
40 Liberty University 76 0% $40,075
41 Walden University 75 1% $13,020
42 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 72 4% $19,069
43 The University of Tampa 72 4% $45,450
44 College of Staten Island CUNY 70 3% $32,394
45 Wichita State University 64 2% $24,042
46 DePauw University 63 13% $64,924
47 Saint Edward's University 62 6% $61,670
48 Elon University 61 4% $51,049
49 Regis College 60 8% $59,360
50 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 60 4% $19,334
51 Manhattan College 59 6% $62,128
52 Tennessee State University 58 4% $22,998
53 Utah State University 57 1% $20,504
54 George Washington University 55 1% $71,930
55 University of Michigan-Flint 54 4% $25,001
56 Columbus State University 53 3% $21,746
57 Saint Cloud State University 52 2% $20,991
58 Jacksonville State University 51 3% $19,613
59 Metropolitan State University 50 2% $9,379
60 Queens University of Charlotte 49 7% $48,968
61 University of Illinois at Springfield 49 3% $25,473
62 University of Illinois at Chicago 48 1% $30,866
63 University of Houston 46 0% $23,225
64 Saint Louis University 46 2% $61,018
65 Texas A&M University-San Antonio 46 3% $26,076
66 Sacred Heart University 45 2% $60,580
67 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin 44 4% $20,890
68 Northwest Missouri State University 43 3% $19,751
69 University of Louisiana at Monroe 42 3% $21,762
70 Bethel University 41 4% $51,700
71 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 41 2% $20,349
72 Texas A & M International University 40 3% $18,549
73 University of Houston-Clear Lake 40 2% $23,276
74 Marymount Manhattan College 40 9% $58,110
75 University of Wisconsin-Parkside 40 4% $19,597
76 Arkansas State University-Main Campus 39 1% $23,101
77 Marquette University 39 2% $58,057
78 Fordham University 38 1% $74,265
79 Canisius College 38 3% $42,288
80 Angelo State University 37 2% $21,046
81 Universidad del Sagrado Corazon 37 4% $24,450
82 Roanoke College 36 8% $61,095
83 Mercy College 34 1% $38,200
84 The Master's University and Seminary 34 8% $40,582
85 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 34 1% $32,681
86 Concordia College at Moorhead 32 7% $51,798
87 Concordia University-Irvine 31 2% $51,930
88 Franciscan University of Steubenville 31 4% $39,200
89 Stetson University 30 4% $63,282
90 Le Moyne College 30 3% $51,100
91 Saint John Fisher College 30 3% $49,210
92 Randolph-Macon College 29 9% $55,860
93 Central Washington University 29 1% $23,201
94 Tulsa Community College 28 1% $5,029
95 Young Harris College 28 11% $43,389
96 Carthage College 28 5% $59,240
97 Texas Southern University 28 2% $25,343
98 The University of Tennessee-Martin 28 2% $21,246
99 University of Minnesota-Crookston 26 6% $23,560
100 Castleton University 26 6% $25,316

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Communication, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.