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2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
52 Degrees Awarded
$20,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 55 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $28,321 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 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.

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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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 for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 22 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University is $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full North Dakota State University Business/Corporate Communications Report

#2

Grand View University

Des Moines, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand View University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Grand View University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Des Moines, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand View University also made our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Grand View University is $19,826 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students with aid.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Grand View University

#3

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rockhurst University landed the #3 spot on the list. Kansas City, Missouri 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.

Rockhurst also took the #5 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rockhurst University is $21,116 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Rockhurst

#4

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augustana University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Augustana Sioux Falls, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $24,072 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students with aid per year to attend Augustana Sioux Falls.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Augustana Sioux Falls

#5

York College

York, Nebraska
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in York, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at York College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend York College is $16,961 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students with aid.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at York College

#7 in overall quality

Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Seward, Nebraska 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.

Concordia University, Nebraska also took the #7 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Concordia University, Nebraska is $20,763 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students with aid.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Concordia University, Nebraska

#7

Westminster College Missouri

Fulton, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Westminster College Missouri landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Westminster College Missouri is a small school located in Fulton, Missouri that handed out 8 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Westminster Fulton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Westminster Fulton is $22,160 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students with aid.

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.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Westminster Fulton

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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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