2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for an Associate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Business Communications Schools for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,029 people earned their degree in business/corporate communications, making the major the 441st most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business/corporate communications programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the business/corporate communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 for an Associate”.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Communications Schools for an Associate.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications

#1

Waldorf University

Forest City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$20,036 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Waldorf University landed the #1 spot on the list. Waldorf is a private for-profit institution located in Forest City, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Waldorf, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Waldorf University is $20,036 for associate degree business communications students.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Waldorf University

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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