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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

4 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Communication & Media Studies is the 236th most popular major in the country with 3,297 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 395 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other communication and media studies 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 Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Stanford, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Stanford also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stanford University is $1,145 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanguard University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Costa Mesa, California, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanguard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Vanguard University of Southern California is $14,123 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Willamette University

Salem, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Willamette University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Willamette University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salem, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Willamette not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $24,063 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Willamette.

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. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Chapman University

Orange, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chapman University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Orange, California, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Chapman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $31,826 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Chapman.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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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