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2022 Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
645 Degrees Awarded
$11,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Idaho, there were 645 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,925 and $23,386 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Idaho

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rexburg, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 233 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU - I also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $3,595 for Idaho Communications students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Brigham Young University - Idaho

#2

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 277 ’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Idaho” list. The estimated yearly cost for Boise State University is $13,146 for Idaho Communications students whose families make $30-$48k.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #3 spot on the list. Lewis - Clark State College is located in Lewiston, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 ’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Lewis - Clark State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Idaho” list. It costs about $10,025 for Idaho Communications students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Lewis - Clark State College.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Lewis - Clark State College

#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 3 ’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our idaho communications students whose families make $30-$48k list, U of I has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Idaho” ranking. It costs about $11,735 for Idaho Communications students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Idaho.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at U of I

#5

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 45 diplomas to qualified ’s communications students in 2019-2020.

ISU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Idaho” list. It costs about $15,639 for idaho communications students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Idaho State University.

Full Idaho State University Communication & Media Studies Report

Northwest Nazarene University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communications Schools in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s communications degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

NNU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Idaho” ranking. It costs about $15,795 for Idaho Communications students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend NNU.

Full Northwest Nazarene University Communication & Media Studies Report

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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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