2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $75-$110k)

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 for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,029 people earned their degree in business/corporate communications, making the major the 240th most popular in the United States. 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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in business/corporate communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great business/corporate communications programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Baruch College

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$20,880 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$84,653 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baruch College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Baruch did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baruch are $20,880, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$21,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marquette University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Marquette University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 8 masters’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Marquette also took the #1 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette University are $21,690, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Marquette

#3

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

#4 in overall quality

$21,605 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,984 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s business communications degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt also took the #4 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Roosevelt Business/Corporate Communications Report

#4

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$24,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Duquesne also took the #3 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duquesne are $24,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Duquesne

#5

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts

#5 in overall quality

$31,754 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emerson College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emerson, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emerson College are $31,754.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Emerson College

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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