2022 Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

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With 974 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, communication management and strategic communications is the most popular major in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 242 communication management and strategic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 communication management and strategic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication management and strategic communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication management and strategic communications 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 communication management and strategic communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Management and Strategic Communications in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$17,127 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 153 bachelors’s communication management and strategic communications degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Kentucky is $17,127 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Communication Management and Strategic Communications students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Communication Management and Strategic Communications at UK

#2

Hampton University

Hampton, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$31,307 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampton University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communication Management and Strategic Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Hampton University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hampton, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hampton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communication Management and Strategic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Hampton is $31,307 for southeast region bachelor’s degree communication management and strategic communications students.

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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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