2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across California, there were 149 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 149 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in business/corporate communications. 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the business/corporate communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree business communications students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications in California

#1

National University

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in California. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 16 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

National University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full National University Business/Corporate Communications Report

#2

Chapman University

Orange, California

#1 in overall quality

$41,350 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the #2 spot on the list. Chapman University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Orange, California. It awarded 133 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Chapman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for Chapman University is $41,350 for California Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Chapman

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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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