2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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 $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 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.

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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 $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $48-$75k) 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baruch College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Baruch is a fairly large public school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 22 masters’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Baruch did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baruch College are $20,880, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#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 $48-$75k. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 masters’s business communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Duquesne not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duquesne are $24,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Duquesne University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (Income $48-$75k)

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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