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Largest speech communication and rhetoric programs in Virginia
Virginia 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 | James Madison University | Harrisonburg | Public, 4-year | 442 |
| 2 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Blacksburg | Public, 4-year | 249 |
| 3 | George Mason University | Fairfax | Public, 4-year | 126 |
| 4 | Liberty University | Lynchburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 120 |
| 5 | Christopher Newport University | Newport News | Public, 4-year | 102 |
| 6 | Regent University | Virginia Beach | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 98 |
| 7 | Longwood University | Farmville | Public, 4-year | 45 |
| 8 | Radford University | Radford | Public, 4-year | 41 |
| 9 | University of Lynchburg | Lynchburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 16 |
| 10 | Shenandoah University | Winchester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 8 |
| 11 | Averett University | Danville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 12 | Virginia Wesleyan University | Virginia Beach | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 13 | Hollins University | Roanoke | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 5 |
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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