2023 Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
152
Degrees Awarded
$32,500
Avg Net Price*
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,029 people earned their degree in business/corporate communications, making the major the 240th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, business/corporate communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $41,185 and had an average of $26,322 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 152 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,475 and $22,482 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the business/corporate communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Far Western US Region.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in La Jolla, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified ’s business communications students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at National University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $20,722 for far western us region business communications students per year to attend National University.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at National University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chapman University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Far Western US Region. Located in Orange, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 130 degrees to qualified ’s business communications students in 2020-2021.
Chapman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $44,198 for Far Western US Region Business Communications students per year to attend Chapman University.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Chapman
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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
- *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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