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2022 Best Value Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
195 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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, Journalism, and Related Programs Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,253 people earned their degree in other communication, journalism, and related programs, making the major the 315th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 216 other communication, journalism, and related programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 195 other communication, journalism, and related programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication, journalism, and related programs. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other communication, journalism, and related programs programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other communication, journalism, and related programs program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree other communication, journalism, and related programs students.

#1

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tennessee Tech University is located in Cookeville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s other communication, journalism, and related programs degrees to qualified students.

Tennessee Tech University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $15,929 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs students per year to attend Tennessee Technological University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Georgia State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Middle Georgia State University is located in Macon, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s other communication, journalism, and related programs degrees to qualified students.

Middle Georgia State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Middle Georgia State University is $10,116 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs students.

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#3

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bob Jones University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Bob Jones University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bob Jones University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bob Jones University is $12,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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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#4

Berry College

Mount Berry, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berry College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Mount Berry, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other communication, journalism, and related programs degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

Berry also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,014 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs students per year to attend Berry College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national 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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