2022 Best Value Colleges for Communications in Oregon (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communication Arts Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communications is the 65th most popular major in the country with 11,861 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Oregon, there were 25 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Communication Arts Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon communication arts students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Communications in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

University of Portland

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$36,464 Average Net Price

$50,213 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Portland landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified ’s communication arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Portland, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Portland is $36,464 for Oregon Communication Arts students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Communications at University of Portland

• Best Value Colleges for Communications in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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