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2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

8 Ranked Colleges
52 Degrees Awarded
$20,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 55 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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.

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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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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

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

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University is $16,584 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications 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 full report on Business/Corporate Communications at North Dakota State University

#2

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Walden University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Walden University

#3

York College

York, Nebraska
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. York College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in York, Nebraska. It awarded 3 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

York College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend York College is $16,961 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at York College

#4

Grand View University

Des Moines, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand View University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Grand View University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Grand View University is $19,826 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Grand View University

#5

Westminster College Missouri

Fulton, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Missouri landed the #5 spot on the list. Fulton, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business communications degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Westminster Fulton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Westminster Fulton is $22,160 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Westminster Fulton

#6

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

Augustana University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Augustana Sioux Falls, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $24,072 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students per year to attend Augustana University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Augustana University Business/Corporate Communications Report

#7 in overall quality

Concordia University, Nebraska landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Concordia University, Nebraska is located in Seward, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Concordia University, Nebraska, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $20,763 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students per year to attend Concordia University, Nebraska.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Concordia University, Nebraska

#8

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

Rockhurst University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Rockhurst is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 1 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students list, Rockhurst has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rockhurst University is $21,116 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Rockhurst University

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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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