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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in New Hampshire (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
331 Degrees Awarded
$23,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor's in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Hampshire, there were 338 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,820 and $26,204 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 331 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,910 and $24,324 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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 Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in New Hampshire (With Aid)

#1

University of New Hampshire at Manchester

Manchester, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire at Manchester. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, this small public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communications students in 2019-2020.

UNH Manchester did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. It costs about $13,649 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree communications students with aid per year to attend University of New Hampshire at Manchester.

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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of New Hampshire at Manchester Communication & Media Studies Report

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNH is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 164 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $24,067 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree communications students with aid per year to attend UNH.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

#3

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keene State College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid. Keene State College is a small school located in Keene, New Hampshire that handed out 46 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Keene State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The yearly cost to attend Keene State College is $19,394 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree communications students with aid.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Keene State College

#4

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Plymouth State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid. Plymouth State University is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Plymouth State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for Plymouth State University is $19,316 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Communications students with aid.

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#5

Saint Anselm College

Manchester, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Anselm College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid. St. Anselm College is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.

St. Anselm College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. It costs about $32,781 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree communications students with aid per year to attend St. Anselm College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full St. Anselm College Communication & Media Studies Report

#6

Franklin Pierce University

Rindge, New Hampshire

With a ranking of #6, Franklin Pierce University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid list. Franklin Pierce is located in Rindge, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Franklin Pierce also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Franklin Pierce is $27,617 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree communications students with aid.

Full Franklin Pierce University Communication & Media Studies Report

#7

Colby - Sawyer College

New London, New Hampshire

Colby - Sawyer College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid ranking. Colby - Sawyer is a private not-for-profit institution located in New London, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colby - Sawyer not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for Colby - Sawyer College is $26,983 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Communications students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Colby - Sawyer

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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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