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2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

8 Ranked Colleges
402 Degrees Awarded
$21,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 426 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 402 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Baruch College

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baruch College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Baruch College is a fairly large school located in New York, New York that handed out 317 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baruch, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baruch is $3,562 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Baruch College Business/Corporate Communications Report

#2

Rosemont College

Rosemont, Pennsylvania
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rosemont College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rosemont, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business communications degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Rosemont not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rosemont is $22,680 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Rosemont

#3

Thiel College

Greenville, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Thiel College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Greenville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Thiel College also made our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Thiel College is $23,731 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students.

Full Thiel College Business/Corporate Communications Report

#4

Stevenson University

Stevenson, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevenson University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Stevenson University is a small school located in Stevenson, Maryland that handed out 34 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students list, Stevenson has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stevenson is $27,142 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students.

Full Stevenson Business/Corporate Communications Report

#5

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chestnut Hill College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

CHC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $26,357 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students per year to attend Chestnut Hill College.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at CHC

#6

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Duquesne University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business communications degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Duquesne not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Duquesne University is $29,309 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Duquesne Business/Corporate Communications Report

#7

Lycoming College

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Lycoming College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This small school is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Lycoming also made our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $18,580 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students per year to attend Lycoming.

Full Lycoming Business/Corporate Communications Report

#8

Juniata College

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Juniata College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business communications degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Juniata not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Juniata College is $22,597 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Juniata College

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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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