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2022 Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s

8 Ranked Colleges
543 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 974 communication management and strategic communications students received their degree, making the major the most popular in the country.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 543 communication management and strategic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in communication management and strategic communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication management and strategic communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication management and strategic communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree communication management and strategic communications students.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Management and Strategic Communications

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Eau Claire also took the #4 spot in our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UW - Eau Claire is $16,020 for bachelor’s degree communication management and strategic communications students.

Read full report on Communication Management and Strategic Communications at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

#2

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fashion Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in New York, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 282 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree communication management and strategic communications students list, FIT SUNY has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Fashion Institute of Technology is $10,523 for Bachelor’s Degree Communication Management and Strategic Communications students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

SUNY Fredonia

Fredonia, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Fredonia landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Fredonia, New York, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Fredonia also took the #5 spot in our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Fredonia is $14,824 for Bachelor’s Degree Communication Management and Strategic Communications students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full SUNY Fredonia Communication Management and Strategic Communications Report

#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Kentucky is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 153 bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications degrees to qualified students.

UK also took the #3 spot in our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Kentucky is $17,127 for Bachelor’s Degree Communication Management and Strategic Communications students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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#5

Hampton University

Hampton, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampton University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Hampton, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications students in 2019-2020.

Hampton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hampton is $31,307 for Bachelor’s Degree Communication Management and Strategic Communications students.

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#6

Marietta College

Marietta, Ohio
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Marietta College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Marietta, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Marietta also took the #7 spot in our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Marietta College is $20,786 for bachelor’s degree communication management and strategic communications students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Communication Management and Strategic Communications at Marietta

#7

Eastern University

Saint Davids, Pennsylvania
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Eastern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at EU, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern University is $22,284 for Bachelor’s Degree Communication Management and Strategic Communications students.

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#8

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

University of Vermont came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. UVM is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 1 bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UVM is $18,982 for bachelor’s degree communication management and strategic communications students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Communication Management and Strategic Communications at University of Vermont

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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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