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2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
52 Degrees Awarded
$13,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

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 Southwest region, there were 52 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,400 and $25,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in business/corporate communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great business/corporate communications programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The business communications school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region business communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s business communications degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $10,203 for Southwest Region Business Communications students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Houston Business/Corporate Communications Report

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot on the list. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 9 ’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFASU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,650 for southwest region business communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SFASU.

Full SFASU Business/Corporate Communications Report

#3

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. OKWU or OWU is a small school located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma that handed out 1 ’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

OKWU or OWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,189 for southwest region business communications students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Oklahoma Wesleyan University

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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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