2023 Best Value Colleges for Business and Economic Journalism
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Ranked Colleges
7
Degrees Awarded
$34,400
Avg Net Price*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 and Economic Journalism Schools” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 7 people earned their degree in business and economic journalism, making the major the 1349th most popular in the United States.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business and economic journalism 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 business and economic journalism program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Business and Economic Journalism Schools
The colleges and universities below are the best for business and economic journalism students.
Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Business and Economic Journalism
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Scranton. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Business and Economic Journalism Schools. Located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified ’s business and economic journalism students in 2020-2021.
University of Scranton also took the #1 spot in our “Best Business and Economic Journalism Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Scranton is $34,378 for business and economic journalism students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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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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