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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
402 Degrees Awarded
$21,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 426 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,625 and $23,330 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 402 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Baruch College

New York, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baruch College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s business communications degrees to 317 students in 2019-2020.

Baruch also made our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Baruch is $3,562 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students with aid.

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 low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Full Baruch College Business/Corporate Communications Report

#2

Lycoming College

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lycoming College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Lycoming College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lycoming also took the #3 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lycoming is $18,580 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students with aid.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Lycoming

#3

Rosemont College

Rosemont, Pennsylvania
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rosemont College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Rosemont, Pennsylvania 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 middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students with aid list, Rosemont has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rosemont is $22,680 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students with aid.

Full Rosemont College Business/Corporate Communications Report

#4

Juniata College

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Juniata College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Juniata is located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

Juniata also made our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $22,597 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students with aid per year to attend Juniata College.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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 more about Business/Corporate Communications at Juniata College

#5

Thiel College

Greenville, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thiel College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Greenville, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business communications degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Thiel College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Thiel College is $23,731 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students with aid.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Thiel College

#6

Stevenson University

Stevenson, Maryland

Stevenson University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Stevenson, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Stevenson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $27,142 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students with aid per year to attend Stevenson University.

Full Stevenson Business/Corporate Communications Report

#7

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Chestnut Hill College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students with aid list, CHC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $26,357 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students with aid per year to attend CHC.

Full CHC Business/Corporate Communications Report

#8

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Duquesne University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Duquesne University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Duquesne not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $29,309 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students with aid per year to attend Duquesne.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Duquesne

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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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