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Best Value Colleges for Business/Corporate Communications

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

28

Schools Ranked

$39,825

Avg. Earnings

3.2 yrs

Best Payback

2,215

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY · Public	$7,187	$43,969	3.2 yrs
2	University of Houston Houston, TX · Public	$13,382	$45,767	5 yrs
3	National University San Diego, CA · Private	$23,427	$52,107	5.5 yrs
4	Bentley University Waltham, MA · Private	$31,754	$51,482	7.7 yrs
5	Aquinas College Grand Rapids, MI · Private	$15,306	$41,193	9.9 yrs
6	Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA · Private	$23,445	$44,170	10.2 yrs
7	University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI · Public	$14,528	$39,618	12.6 yrs
8	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Dallas, PA · Public	$15,562	$39,909	12.7 yrs
9	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, PA · Public	$15,670	$39,909	12.8 yrs
10	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA · Public	$16,449	$39,909	13.4 yrs
11	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND · Public	$16,071	$39,729	13.6 yrs
12	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA · Public	$16,841	$39,909	13.7 yrs
13	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York, PA · Public	$16,993	$39,909	13.8 yrs
14	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango Sharon, PA · Public	$17,200	$39,909	14 yrs
15	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA · Public	$17,365	$39,909	14.1 yrs
16	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA · Public	$19,297	$39,909	15.7 yrs
17	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA · Public	$19,223	$39,909	15.7 yrs
18	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PA · Public	$20,421	$39,909	16.6 yrs
19	Chapman University Orange, CA · Private	$38,525	$42,682	20.1 yrs
20	Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA · Private	$27,354	$40,402	20.3 yrs
21	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public	$27,137	$39,909	22.1 yrs
22	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA · Private	$27,431	$36,907	57.5 yrs
23	Roosevelt University Chicago, IL · Private	$21,280	$35,274	310.7 yrs
24	Walsh University North Canton, OH · Private	$16,394	$33,138	N/A
25	Stevenson University Owings Mills, MD · Private	$16,778	$34,704	N/A
26	Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA · Private	$21,458	$29,685	N/A
27	Saint Leo University Saint Leo, FL · Private	$18,084	$30,228	N/A
28	Augustana University Sioux Falls, SD · Private	$22,216	$35,060	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.