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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Publishing (Income $48-$75k)

6 Ranked Colleges
57 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in general publishing, making the major the 733rd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 general publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general publishing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general publishing programs, but they also cost less that 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 general publishing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Publishing (Income $48-$75k)

#1

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McDaniel College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. McDaniel is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Westminster, Maryland. It awarded 1 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at McDaniel, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,682 for bachelor’s degree publishing students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend McDaniel.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s publishing students in 2019-2020.

BYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend BYU is $12,466 for Bachelor’s Degree Publishing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 General Publishing at Brigham Young University - Provo

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lewis - Clark State College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Lewis - Clark State College is a small public school situated in Lewiston, Idaho. It awarded 4 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis - Clark State College also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,825 for bachelor’s degree publishing students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Lewis - Clark State College.

Full Lewis - Clark State College General Publishing Report

#4

Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Susquehanna University landed the #4 spot on the list. Susquehanna is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s publishing degrees to qualified students.

Susquehanna also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $23,123 for bachelor’s degree publishing students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Susquehanna University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#5

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belmont University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s publishing degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Belmont also made our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Belmont University is $31,006 for Bachelor’s Degree Publishing students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#6

The Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita, California
#4 in overall quality

The Master’s University and Seminary came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Santa Clarita, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s publishing students in 2019-2020.

The Master’s University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for The Master’s University and Seminary is $24,804 for bachelor’s degree publishing students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Read more about General Publishing at The Master’s University and Seminary

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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