2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Illinois, there were 43 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,950 and $32,946 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in business/corporate communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business/corporate communications programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The business communications school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Business Communications Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois business communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Trinity Christian College

Palos Heights, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$16,611 Average Net Price

$50,200 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Christian College landed the #1 spot on the list. Palos Heights, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s business communications degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Trinity Christian did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $16,611 for Illinois Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Trinity Christian College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Trinity Christian College Business/Corporate Communications Report

#2

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$20,398 Average Net Price

$38,532 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Roosevelt University landed the #2 spot on the list. Roosevelt is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 ’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Roosevelt, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Roosevelt is $20,398 for Illinois Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Roosevelt 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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