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2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$33,900 Avg Salary
Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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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 Great Lakes region, there were 164 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,540 and $26,971 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 98 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

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 Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Michigan University is $14,591 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Central Michigan

#2

Aquinas College Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Aquinas College Michigan landed the #2 spot on the list. Aquinas College Michigan is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

Aquinas College Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Aquinas College Michigan is $17,715 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Aquinas College Michigan Business/Corporate Communications Report

#3

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Marquette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Marquette University is $25,492 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Marquette

#4

Walsh University

North Canton, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walsh University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Walsh University is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Canton, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Walsh not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,201 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Walsh.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Walsh University

#5

Trinity Christian College

Palos Heights, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Christian College landed the #5 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 bachelors’s business communications degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Trinity Christian also took the #4 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Trinity Christian is $20,888 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

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. 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%.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Trinity Christian

#6

Otterbein University

Westerville, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Otterbein University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Westerville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Otterbein also took the #5 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Otterbein is $23,443 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Otterbein University

#7

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

Roosevelt University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. Roosevelt is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 25 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt also made our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Roosevelt University is $21,870 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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