2022 Best Value Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Business/Corporate Communications is the 441st most popular major in the country with 1,029 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 52 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in business/corporate communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business/corporate communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the business/corporate communications program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The business communications school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region business communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$12,505 Average Net Price

$46,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s business communications degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH is $12,505 for Southwest Region Business Communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Houston Business/Corporate Communications Report

#2

Stephen F Austin State University

Nacogdoches, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$13,644 Average Net Price

$37,097 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified ’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

SFASU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stephen F Austin State University is $13,644 for Southwest Region Business Communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full SFASU Business/Corporate Communications Report

#3

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

$24,660 Average Net Price

$67,300 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Oklahoma Wesleyan University is a small school located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma that handed out 1 ’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

OKWU or OWU also made our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend OKWU or OWU is $24,660 for Southwest Region Business Communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at OKWU or OWU

• Best Value Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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