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2022 Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region 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 Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Sports Communication is the 654th most popular major in the country with 561 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 106 sports communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 sports communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sports communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sports communication programs that also have a lower cost than 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 sports communication program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Communication in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ferris State University is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s sports communication degrees to qualified students.

Ferris also made our “Best Sports Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Ferris is $12,889 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree sports communication students with aid.

Full Ferris State University Sports Communication Report

#2

Ashland University

Ashland, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ashland University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Ashland, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sports communication degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Ashland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Sports Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ashland is $20,111 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree sports communication 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 Sports Communication at Ashland University

#3

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bradley University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Peoria, Illinois. It awarded 26 bachelors’s sports communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Bradley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Sports Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Bradley University is $25,634 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree sports communication students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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.

Full Bradley University Sports Communication Report

#4

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s sports communication degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree sports communication students with aid list, DePaul has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Sports Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for DePaul University is $30,090 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Sports Communication students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Sports Communication at DePaul

#5

Butler University

Indianapolis, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sports communication students in 2019-2020.

Butler not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Sports Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Butler University is $37,645 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree sports communication students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, 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.

Read more about Sports Communication at Butler University

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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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