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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 54 sports communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 54 sports communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in sports communication. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent sports communication programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sports communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Sports Communication in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$17,208 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 33 bachelors’s sports communication degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also made our “Best Sports Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Sports Communication students with aid per year to attend UNL.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 full report on Sports Communication at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#2

Concordia University, Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$16,245 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #2 spot on the list. Concordia University, Saint Paul is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s sports communication degrees to qualified students.

Concordia University, Saint Paul also took the #3 spot in our “Best Sports Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Concordia University, Saint Paul is $16,245 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Sports Communication students with aid.

Read full report on Sports Communication at Concordia University, Saint Paul

#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$22,768 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Sports Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Webster is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 6 bachelors’s sports communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Sports Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Webster is $22,768 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Sports Communication students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Webster University Sports Communication Report

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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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