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2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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.

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 Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#2 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Central Michigan is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees 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 yearly cost to attend Central Michigan University is $17,894 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Central Michigan University

#2

Aquinas College Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Aquinas College Michigan. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. 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 estimated yearly cost for Aquinas College Michigan is $18,905 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Aquinas College Michigan Business/Corporate Communications Report

#3

Walsh University

North Canton, Ohio

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Walsh University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in North Canton, Ohio, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $75-$110k list, Walsh has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Walsh University is $19,292 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Walsh

#4

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Marquette is $31,034 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

#5

Trinity Christian College

Palos Heights, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Christian College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Trinity Christian is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Palos Heights, Illinois. It awarded 5 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity Christian did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Trinity Christian is $23,655 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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 more about 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 $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Westerville, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Otterbein, the school also landed 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 University is $24,656 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree business communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 Otterbein University

#7

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

Roosevelt University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $23,695 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Roosevelt.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Roosevelt

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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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