2022 Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Vermont (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in Vermont 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 Vermont, there were 65 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,300 and $27,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communications Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Vermont (With Aid)

#1

Castleton University

Castleton, Vermont

#3 in overall quality

$17,637 Average Net Price

$38,814 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Castleton University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid list. Castleton, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s communications degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Castleton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Vermont” list. The yearly cost to attend Castleton University is $17,637 for vermont communications students with aid.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Castleton

#2

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$24,701 Average Net Price

$50,860 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Communications Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid. Located in Northfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified ’s communications students in 2019-2020.

Norwich also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Norwich University is $24,701 for Vermont Communications students with aid.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Norwich University

#3

Saint Michael's College

Colchester, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$27,927 Average Net Price

$29,811 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Communications Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid. Saint Michael’s College is located in Colchester, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 ’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Saint Michael’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Michael’s is $27,927 for Vermont Communications students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Saint Michael’s Communication & Media Studies Report

#4

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont

#4 in overall quality

$33,561 Average Net Price

$38,894 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Champlain College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Communications Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified ’s communications students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Champlain, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Schools in Vermont” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Champlain College is $33,561 for Vermont Communications students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Champlain College

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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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