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2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
402 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Business/Corporate Communications is the 240th most popular major in the country with 1,029 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, business/corporate communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,176 and had an average of $25,350 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 426 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,625 and $23,330 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 For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Baruch College

New York, New York

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Baruch College landed the #1 spot on the list. Baruch is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 317 bachelors’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

Baruch did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $1,858 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Baruch.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Baruch

#2

Lycoming College

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lycoming College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Lycoming not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lycoming College is $13,906 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Stevenson University

Stevenson, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevenson University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Stevenson, Maryland, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Stevenson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $18,252 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Stevenson.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Stevenson University

#4

Juniata College

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Juniata College landed the #4 spot on the list. Juniata College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Juniata also made our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $16,815 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Juniata College.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Juniata College

#5

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duquesne University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Duquesne University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

Duquesne also took the #2 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Duquesne University is $21,862 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Duquesne University

#6

Rosemont College

Rosemont, Pennsylvania
#8 in overall quality

Rosemont College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Rosemont is located in Rosemont, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

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. It costs about $16,524 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Rosemont.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Rosemont

#7

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Chestnut Hill College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 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. The estimated yearly cost for Chestnut Hill College is $24,394 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#8

Thiel College

Greenville, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Thiel College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Thiel College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greenville, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Thiel College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $24,310 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Thiel College.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Thiel 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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