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

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

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” ranking looked at 8 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. 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

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

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

#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. Baruch is a fairly large public school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 317 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students list, Baruch has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $3,562 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students per year to attend Baruch College.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Baruch

#2

Rosemont College

Rosemont, Pennsylvania
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rosemont College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. 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.

Rosemont also took the #8 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $22,680 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students per year to attend Rosemont College.

Full Rosemont College Business/Corporate Communications Report

#3

Thiel College

Greenville, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thiel College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Thiel College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greenville, Pennsylvania. It awarded 4 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students list, Thiel College has also earned the #7 rank 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.

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#4

Stevenson University

Stevenson, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stevenson University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Stevenson is located in Stevenson, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students list, Stevenson has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $27,142 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students per year to attend Stevenson University.

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#5

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chestnut Hill College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. CHC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CHC also took the #6 spot 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 per year to attend Chestnut Hill College.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at CHC

#6

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Duquesne University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business communications degrees to 13 students 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. The estimated yearly cost for Duquesne University is $29,309 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Duquesne University

#7

Lycoming College

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Lycoming College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Lycoming 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.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree business communications students list, Lycoming has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lycoming College is $18,580 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Lycoming College

#8

Juniata College

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Juniata College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Juniata also took the #5 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Juniata is $22,597 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students.

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 full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Juniata College

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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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