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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Organizational Communication in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
160 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,938 people earned their degree in general organizational communication, making the major the 295th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 160 general organizational communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 160 general organizational communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general organizational communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general organizational communication programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general organizational communication 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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Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Organizational Communication in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 42 bachelors’s general organizational communication degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general organizational communication students with aid per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Organizational Communication at UT Austin

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general organizational communication degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.

UTEP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at El Paso is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general organizational communication students with aid.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso General Organizational Communication Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general organizational communication degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general organizational communication students with aid per year to attend UCO.

Full University of Central Oklahoma General Organizational Communication Report

#4

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s general organizational communication degrees in 2019-2020.

ORU also made our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Organizational Communication students with aid per year to attend ORU.

Read more about General Organizational Communication at Oral Roberts University

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general organizational communication students in 2019-2020.

St. Edward’s University also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Edward’s University is $24,833 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Organizational Communication students with aid.

Full Saint Edward’s University General Organizational Communication Report

#2 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 29 bachelors’s general organizational communication degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,222 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Organizational Communication students with aid per year to attend SMU.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low 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%.

Full Southern Methodist University General Organizational 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.

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