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2023 Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Schools in Illinois

4 Colleges
$35,207 Avg Salary
$24,284 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 2,072 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #15 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online communications programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the most popular online school in Illinois for communication and media studies students. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

On average, communications graduates from WIU take out $28,032 in student loans while working on their degree.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Loyola University Chicago is a great place for communication and media studies students pursuing an online degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Communications majors at Loyola Chicago take out an average of $18,875 in student loans while working on their egree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means National Louis University is a great place for communication and media studies students pursuing an online degree. NLU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Illinois landed the # 4 spot on the list. DeVry University - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

On average, communications graduates from DeVry University - Illinois take out $53,175 in student loans while working on their degree.

Full Communication & Media Studies at DeVry University - Illinois Report

Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,789
Ohio 2,149
Indiana 1,600
Wisconsin 1,297

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Communication & Media Studies is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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