2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 11,861 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 65th most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 176 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 140 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree communication arts students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications in Connecticut

#1

Eastern Connecticut State University

Willimantic, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$18,618 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut list. Eastern Connecticut State University is a public institution located in Willimantic, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 70 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ECSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The estimated yearly cost for ECSU is $18,618 for connecticut bachelor’s degree communication arts students.

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#2

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,191 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sacred Heart University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut list. Sacred Heart is a medium-sized school located in Fairfield, Connecticut that handed out 56 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Sacred Heart also made our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Sacred Heart is $41,191 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

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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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