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2022 Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
56 Degrees Awarded
$21,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master's For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 561 people earned their degree in sports communication, making the major the 654th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 sports communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sports communication. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sports 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 sports 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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Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sports Communication (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 20 masters’s sports communication degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sports Communication Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048.

Full ASU - Tempe Sports Communication Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #2 spot on the list. IUPUI is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 6 masters’s sports communication degrees in 2019-2020.

IUPUI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Sports Communication Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Sports Communication at IUPUI

#3

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valparaiso University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Valparaiso, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s sports communication degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Valpo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Sports Communication Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Valparaiso University are $12,220.

Full Valpo Sports Communication Report

#4

Iona College

New Rochelle, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iona College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in New Rochelle, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s sports communication students in 2019-2020.

Iona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Sports Communication Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iona are $22,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Sports Communication at Iona

#5

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Full Sail University landed the #5 spot on the list. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 22 masters’s sports communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Sports Communication Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Full Sail University are $19,468, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Sports Communication at Full Sail University

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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