2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,029 people earned their degree in business/corporate communications, making the major the 240th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, business/corporate communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,176 and had an average of $25,350 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 43 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,950 and $32,946 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great business/corporate communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the business/corporate communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$21,605 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,984 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Roosevelt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s business communications students in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt are $21,605, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Roosevelt University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $0-$30k)

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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