2023 Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2020-2021, 256 people earned their degree in international and intercultural communication, making the major the 798th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 46 international and intercultural communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international and intercultural communication. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international and intercultural communication 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 international and intercultural communication program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for International & Intercultural Communication (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Manhattan College
Riverdale, New York

#1 in overall quality

$27,983 Average Net Price

$54,629 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manhattan College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Riverdale, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified ’s international and intercultural communication students in 2020-2021.

Manhattan also made our “Best International & Intercultural Communication Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $27,983 for middle atlantic region international and intercultural communication students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Manhattan.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read more about International & Intercultural Communication at Manhattan

2

St John's University - New York
Queens, New York

#2 in overall quality

$24,212 Average Net Price

$53,740 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St John’s University - New York. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Queens, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s international and intercultural communication degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at STJ, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best International & Intercultural Communication Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $24,212 for middle atlantic region international and intercultural communication students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend St John’s University - New York.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full St John’s University - New York International & Intercultural Communication 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.