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2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
357 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 3,297 people earned their degree in other communication and media studies, making the major the 236th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 474 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 357 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other communication and media studies 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 other communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 70 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communication and media studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern Illinois University, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $15,843 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students per year to attend Northeastern Illinois University.

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#2

Alverno College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alverno College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Alverno is a small school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 1 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Alverno did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Alverno College is $15,491 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students.

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.

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#3

Spring Arbor University

Spring Arbor, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Spring Arbor University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Spring Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Spring Arbor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $19,183 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students per year to attend Spring Arbor.

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#4

Mount St. Joseph University

Cincinnati, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount St. Joseph University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Mount St. Joseph University is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees to qualified students.

Mount St. Joe also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mount St. Joseph University is $21,913 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students.

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#5

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Elmhurst University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Elmhurst, Illinois. It awarded 11 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Elmhurst also made our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Elmhurst University is $21,485 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#6

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois
#8 in overall quality

Concordia University, Chicago did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 2 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Concordia University, Chicago, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Concordia University, Chicago is $16,512 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students.

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#7

Butler University

Indianapolis, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Butler University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Butler is a medium-sized school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 7 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Butler also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Butler is $37,645 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#1 in overall quality

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 234 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is $15,336 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low student loan default rate of 1.2% 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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