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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Publishing

6 Ranked Colleges
57 Degrees Awarded
$22,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor's

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 Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Publishing is the 733rd most popular major in the country with 262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 general publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general publishing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general publishing programs that also have a lower cost than 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 publishing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree publishing students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Publishing

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend BYU is $13,322 for Bachelor’s Degree Publishing students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Publishing at Brigham Young University - Provo

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis - Clark State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Lewis - Clark State College is a public institution located in Lewiston, Idaho. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis - Clark State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lewis - Clark State College is $11,046 for bachelor’s degree publishing students.

Read full report on General Publishing at Lewis - Clark State College

#3

The Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita, California
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The Master’s University and Seminary landed the #3 spot on the list. The Master’s University and Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Santa Clarita, California. It awarded 8 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

The Master’s University also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The Master’s University is $28,833 for bachelor’s degree publishing students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 The Master’s University General Publishing Report

#4

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Belmont University landed the #4 spot on the list. Belmont University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s publishing degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree publishing students list, Belmont has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Belmont is $35,548 for Bachelor’s Degree Publishing students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 full report on General Publishing at Belmont University

#5

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McDaniel College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Westminster, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s publishing degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at McDaniel, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,182 for Bachelor’s Degree Publishing students per year to attend McDaniel.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 McDaniel College General Publishing Report

#6

Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Susquehanna University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s publishing students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree publishing students list, Susquehanna has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Susquehanna is $25,724 for bachelor’s degree publishing students.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 General Publishing at Susquehanna

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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