2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that 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 Great Lakes region, there were 164 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,540 and $26,971 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 business/corporate communications program at the school. 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 for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

$21,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Marquette University is a fairly large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 8 masters’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Marquette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette University are $21,690, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Marquette

#2

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$21,605 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,984 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roosevelt University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 11 masters’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt are $21,605, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Roosevelt Business/Corporate Communications Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $30-$48k)

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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