2023 Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 New England region, there were 17 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 New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international and intercultural communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region international and intercultural communication students.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for International & Intercultural Communication in the New England Region

1

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$25,084 Average Net Price

$45,763 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the New England Region. UBridgeport is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s international and intercultural communication degrees to qualified students.

UBridgeport also took the #2 spot in our “Best International & Intercultural Communication Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $25,084 for new england region international and intercultural communication students per year to attend UBridgeport.

Read full report on International & Intercultural Communication at University of Bridgeport

2

Suffolk University
Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$30,995 Average Net Price

$51,597 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International and Intercultural Communication Schools in the New England Region. Suffolk is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 11 ’s international and intercultural communication degrees in 2020-2021.

Suffolk did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International & Intercultural Communication Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Suffolk is $30,995 for new england region international and intercultural communication students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 Suffolk

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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.