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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Publishing (With Aid)

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in publishing, making the major the 303rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, publishing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,650 and had an average of $54,266 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 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 For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in publishing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent publishing 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 publishing 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 Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Publishing (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

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

BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend BYU is $13,322 for Bachelor’s Degree Publishing students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Brigham Young University - Provo Publishing Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Lewis - Clark State College is located in Lewiston, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s publishing degrees to qualified students.

Lewis - Clark State College also made our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $11,046 for Bachelor’s Degree Publishing students with aid per year to attend Lewis - Clark State College.

Read full report on Publishing at Lewis - Clark State College

#3

Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Susquehanna University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s publishing degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

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

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Susquehanna Publishing Report

#4

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, McDaniel College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Westminster, Maryland, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree publishing students with aid list, McDaniel has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,182 for bachelor’s degree publishing students with aid per year to attend McDaniel College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full McDaniel College Publishing Report

#5

The Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Master’s University and Seminary. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Santa Clarita, California, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

The Master’s University also made our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend The Master’s University is $28,833 for bachelor’s degree publishing students with aid.

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 and Seminary Publishing Report

#6

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

Belmont University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s publishing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Belmont, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Belmont is $35,548 for bachelor’s degree publishing students with aid.

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%.

Full Belmont University Publishing Report

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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