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

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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Organizational Communication is the 295th most popular major in the country with 1,938 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

This year’s “Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general organizational communication. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general organizational communication programs and 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 general organizational communication program at the school. 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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree general organizational communication students.

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

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s general organizational communication degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCO, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UCO is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Organizational Communication students.

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#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. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 56 bachelors’s general organizational communication degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general organizational communication students per year to attend UTEP.

Read more about General Organizational Communication at The University of Texas at El Paso

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at 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. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Organizational Communication students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oral Roberts University landed the #4 spot on the list. ORU is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 4 bachelors’s general organizational communication degrees in 2019-2020.

ORU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oral Roberts University is $22,248 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general organizational communication students.

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#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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #5 spot on the list. Saint Edward’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Edward’s University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St. Edward’s University is $24,833 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Organizational Communication students.

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#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Organizational Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general organizational communication degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Organizational Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMU is $36,222 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general organizational communication students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its 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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