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2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Communication & Media Studies is the 236th most popular major in the country with 3,297 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 395 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 other communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other communication and media studies 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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Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Stanford, California, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Stanford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Stanford is $1,959 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanguard University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Vanguard University of Southern California is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Costa Mesa, California. It awarded 7 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanguard also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $18,625 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Communication and Media Studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Vanguard University of Southern California.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Other Communication & Media Studies at Vanguard

#3

Willamette University

Salem, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Willamette University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Salem, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 29 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other communication and media studies students in 2019-2020.

Willamette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Willamette is $29,948 for far western us region bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Willamette Other Communication & Media Studies Report

#4

Chapman University

Orange, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chapman University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Communication and Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This medium-sized school is located in Orange, California, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s other communication and media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chapman, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $36,041 for far western us region bachelor’s degree other communication and media studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Chapman.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Other Communication & Media Studies at Chapman

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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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