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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Business/Corporate Communications is the 240th most popular major in the country with 1,029 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 426 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,625 and $23,330 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in business/corporate communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business/corporate communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the business/corporate communications 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Baruch College

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$20,880 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$84,653 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Baruch College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 22 masters’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Baruch not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baruch are $20,880, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Baruch College Business/Corporate Communications Report

#2

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

$24,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Duquesne is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 masters’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Duquesne also took the #0 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duquesne University are $24,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Duquesne University

• 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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