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

7 Ranked Colleges
52 Degrees Awarded
$16,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Plains States region, there were 55 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $28,321 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.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University is $11,524 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

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 - Main Campus

#2

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rockhurst University landed the #2 spot on the list. Kansas City, 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 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $0-$30k 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 yearly cost to attend Rockhurst is $14,869 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full Rockhurst Business/Corporate Communications Report

#3

Grand View University

Des Moines, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand View University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business communications degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Grand View University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Grand View University is $18,481 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Grand View University

#4

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Augustana University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Augustana Sioux Falls not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Augustana University is $20,571 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Augustana University

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Nebraska. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seward, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Nebraska also took the #7 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Concordia University, Nebraska is $15,973 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Concordia University, Nebraska

#5

York College

York, Nebraska
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. York College is a small school located in York, Nebraska that handed out 3 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

York College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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 $14,383 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at York College

#7

Westminster College Missouri

Fulton, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Westminster College Missouri did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Westminster College Missouri is located in Fulton, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

Westminster Fulton also took the #3 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,670 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Westminster College Missouri.

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 College Missouri

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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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