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Largest speech communication and rhetoric programs in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania speech communication and rhetoric programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villanova University | Villanova | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 159 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania State University | University Park | Public, 4-year | 77 |
| 3 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | Indiana | Public, 4-year | 57 |
| 4 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | Millersville | Public, 4-year | 37 |
| 5 | Saint Joseph's University | Philadelphia | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 32 |
| 6 | Duquesne University | Pittsburgh | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 25 |
| 7 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | East Stroudsburg | Public, 4-year | 24 |
| 8 | Montgomery County Community College | Blue Bell | Public, 2-year | 23 |
| 9 | Lehigh Carbon Community College | Schnecksville | Public, 2-year | 19 |
| 10 | Arcadia University | Glenside | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 18 |
| 11 | Pennsylvania Western University | California | Public, 4-year | 17 |
| 12 | Northampton County Area Community College | Bethlehem | Public, 2-year | 16 |
| 13 | Delaware County Community College | Media | Public, 2-year | 14 |
| 14 | Bucks County Community College | Newtown | Public, 2-year | 12 |
| 15 | Albright College | Reading | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 10 |
| 16 | Eastern University | Saint Davids | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 9 |
| 17 | Wilkes University | Wilkes-Barre | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 9 |
| 18 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Slippery Rock | Public, 4-year | 8 |
| 19 | Messiah University | Mechanicsburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 20 | Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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