2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications in Illinois (With Aid)

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 Illinois For Those Getting Aid” 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 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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business/corporate communications programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$21,605 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,984 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Business Communications Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605.

Read more about Business/Corporate Communications at Roosevelt University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications (With Aid)

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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