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.

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	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	138	6%	$25,843
19	Northeastern University	138	2%	$70,592
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	Baylor University	104	2%	$62,527
25	Towson University	104	2%	$26,834
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	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	78	3%	$23,614
37	Colorado State University-Global Campus	78	2%	N/A
38	Central New Mexico Community College	78	1%	$3,066
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	University of Illinois at Springfield	49	3%	$25,473
61	Queens University of Charlotte	49	7%	$48,968
62	University of Illinois at Chicago	48	1%	$30,866
63	University of Houston	46	0%	$23,225
64	Texas A&M University-San Antonio	46	3%	$26,076
65	Saint Louis University	46	2%	$61,018
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	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	41	2%	$20,349
71	Bethel University	41	4%	$51,700
72	Texas A & M International University	40	3%	$18,549
73	Marymount Manhattan College	40	9%	$58,110
74	University of Houston-Clear Lake	40	2%	$23,276
75	University of Wisconsin-Parkside	40	4%	$19,597
76	Marquette University	39	2%	$58,057
77	Arkansas State University-Main Campus	39	1%	$23,101
78	Canisius College	38	3%	$42,288
79	Fordham University	38	1%	$74,265
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	The Master's University and Seminary	34	8%	$40,582
84	Mercy College	34	1%	$38,200
85	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	34	1%	$32,681
86	Concordia College at Moorhead	32	7%	$51,798
87	Franciscan University of Steubenville	31	4%	$39,200
88	Concordia University-Irvine	31	2%	$51,930
89	Saint John Fisher College	30	3%	$49,210
90	Le Moyne College	30	3%	$51,100
91	Stetson University	30	4%	$63,282
92	Central Washington University	29	1%	$23,201
93	Randolph-Macon College	29	9%	$55,860
94	Texas Southern University	28	2%	$25,343
95	Tulsa Community College	28	1%	$5,029
96	Young Harris College	28	11%	$43,389
97	The University of Tennessee-Martin	28	2%	$21,246
98	Carthage College	28	5%	$59,240
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.