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

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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking.

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 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” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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

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

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students per year to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 North Dakota State University Business/Corporate Communications Report

#2

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Walden University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Walden University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.

Full Walden University Business/Corporate Communications Report

#3

York College

York, Nebraska
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, York College landed the #3 spot on the list. York College is a small school located in York, Nebraska that handed out 3 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

York College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend York College is $16,961 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at York College

#4

Grand View University

Des Moines, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand View University landed the #4 spot on the list. Grand View University is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

Grand View University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $19,826 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students per year to attend Grand View University.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Grand View University

#5

Westminster College Missouri

Fulton, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Missouri. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Westminster Fulton is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fulton, Missouri. It awarded 8 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Westminster Fulton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $22,160 for plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students per year to attend Westminster Fulton.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Westminster College Missouri

#6

Augustana University

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Augustana University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business communications degrees to 3 students 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. The estimated yearly cost for Augustana University is $24,072 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Business Communications students.

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%.

Full Augustana University Business/Corporate Communications Report

#7 in overall quality

Concordia University, Nebraska came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seward, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees 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.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Concordia University, Nebraska

#8

Rockhurst University

Kansas City, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

Rockhurst University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Rockhurst University is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s business communications degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree business communications students list, Rockhurst has also earned the #5 rank 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.

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 more about Business/Corporate Communications at Rockhurst

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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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