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Best Colleges for Communications

1,177 four-year colleges offer communications programs. These rank highest by graduate earnings, using official federal data.

#1A+

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$20,111
Net price
5%
Admit rate
4,535
Enrolled
#2A+

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$13,807
Net price
4%
Admit rate
7,554
Enrolled
#3A+

Bentley University

Waltham, MA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$37,930
Net price
45%
Admit rate
4,474
Enrolled
#4A+

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$28,699
Net price
5%
Admit rate
10,650
Enrolled
#5A+

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$50,062
Net price
48%
Admit rate
6,552
Enrolled
#6A+

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$36,931
Net price
26%
Admit rate
5,898
Enrolled
#7A+

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$28,849
Net price
10%
Admit rate
1,388
Enrolled
#8A+

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$28,690
Net price
9%
Admit rate
15,995
Enrolled
#9A+

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$41,704
Net price
16%
Admit rate
10,085
Enrolled
#10A

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$43,071
Net price
60%
Admit rate
5,447
Enrolled
#11A+

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · Public

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$12,116
Net price
14%
Admit rate
18,785
Enrolled
#12A

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$36,228
Net price
63%
Admit rate
5,714
Enrolled
#13A+

Villanova University

Villanova, PA · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$43,756
Net price
27%
Admit rate
6,938
Enrolled
#14A+

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$23,781
Net price
14%
Admit rate
1,881
Enrolled
#15A+

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$25,184
Net price
5%
Admit rate
7,226
Enrolled
#16A+

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$30,915
Net price
5%
Admit rate
17,326
Enrolled
#17A+

Northeastern University Professional Programs

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
Net price
Admit rate
1,802
Enrolled
#18A+

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$32,740
Net price
10%
Admit rate
20,443
Enrolled
#19A+

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$13,481
Net price
11%
Admit rate
33,068
Enrolled
#20A+

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$14,860
Net price
4%
Admit rate
7,569
Enrolled
#21A+

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$15,846
Net price
6%
Admit rate
7,208
Enrolled
#22A

George Washington University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$36,586
Net price
47%
Admit rate
11,182
Enrolled
#23A+

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA · Public

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$16,665
Net price
31%
Admit rate
21,996
Enrolled
#24B+

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$41,219
Net price
65%
Admit rate
3,194
Enrolled