2020 Most Affordable Online Communications Degrees
The 24 schools in this list represent the most affordable options for obtaining an online bachelor's degree in communications. At #1, Tennessee State University offers an online Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Communication for only $4,200 per year. Southern Utah University, ranked #2, offers an annual tuition rate of $6,006 for its Bachelor of Applied Science in Graphic Communications.
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| Rank | School | Annual Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State University | $4,200 | |
| Southern Utah University | $6,006 | |
| Valdosta State University | $6,060 | |
| Columbus State University | $6,510 | |
| Fort Hays State University | $6,560 | |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | $7,290 | |
| Lamar University | $7,440 | |
| University of Arkansas | $7,568 | |
| Arkansas State University | $7,740 | |
| Central Methodist University | $7,800 | |
| West Texas A & M University | $7,953 | |
| Lipscomb University | $8,000 | |
| American Public University System | $8,100 | |
| University of Idaho | $8,304 | |
| Clarion University | $8,334 | |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | $8,400 | |
| SUNY College at Oswego | $8,480 | |
| Southeastern Oklahoma State University | $8,835 | |
| Grantham University | $8,850 | |
| Missouri State University | $8,850 | |
| Western Illinois University | $8,883 | |
| Lynn University | $9,000 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Superior | $9,150 | |
| The University of Texas of the Permian Basin | $9,233 |
- Annual Tuition: $4,200
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes: Business and Professional Speaking; Communication Theory; Leadership Communication; Small Group Communication
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies - Communication
- Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies - Public Relations
- Annual Tuition: $6,006
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Acceptance Rate: 76%
- Example Classes: Critical Thinking and Listening; Family Communication; Health Communication; Intercultural Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Team Work, Decision Making, and Leadership
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Communication
- Bachelor of Science in Communication - Communication Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Communication - Media Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Communication - Strategic Communication
- Annual Tuition: $6,060
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 74%
- Example Classes: Advocacy, Civic Engagement, and Emerging Media; Critical Approaches to Emerging Media; Emerging Media Ethics and Law; Emerging Media for Professionals; Mass Communication History and Theory; Research Analytics and Performance
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Emergent Media and Communication
- Annual Tuition: $6,510
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 53%
- Example Classes: Analysis of Argument; Business and Professional Speaking; Inter-ethnic Cultural Communication; Listening; Persuasion; Public Address
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication - Communication Studies
- Annual Tuition: $6,560
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 89%
- Example Classes: Business Communication; Business Communication Applications; Conflict Management Through Communication; Corporate Communication; Global Business Communication; Managerial Communication; Managerial Reports and Presentations; Organizational Culture and Climate
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of General Studies - Business Communication
- Bachelor of Science in Business Education - Corporate Communication
- Annual Tuition: $7,290
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 74%
- Example Classes: Communication in Interpersonal Relationships; Communication in Your Workplace: Strategies for Teachers and Administrators; Consumer Issues in Telecommunication; Fundamentals of Public Speaking; International Mass Media; Introduction to Studies in Visual Communication; Mass Media Writing Principles; Media and the Creative Process; Precision Language for Journalists; Privacy in the Internet Age
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Applied Human and Consumer Sciences in Human Services - Diversity and Communication
- Bachelor of Science in Applied Communication
- Annual Tuition: $7,440
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 82%
- Example Classes: Broadcast Announcing; Conflict Management & Small Group Communication; Human Resource Interviewing; Interpersonal Communication; Interviewing; Media Writing; News Gathering & Writing; Organizational Communication; Pop Culture Theories; TV Writing and Performing
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Communication - Communication Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Communication - General
- Annual Tuition: $7,568
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 66%
- Example Classes: Argumentation: Reason in Communication; Communication Criticism; Communication in a Diverse World; Language and Expressive Culture; Media, Community and Citizenship; Public Speaking
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication
- Annual Tuition: $7,740
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 66%
- Example Classes: Communication Theory; Computer Mediated Information; Crisis Communication; Intercultural Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Mass Communication in Modern Society; Narratives in Health and Healing; Organization Communication; Principles of Persuasion
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- BA in Communication Studies
- BGS in Communications
- BS in Creative Media - Corporate Media
- BS in Digital Innovation - Strategic Communications
- BS in Strategic Communication - Social Media Management
- Annual Tuition: $7,800
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 71%
- Example Classes: Argumentation and Debate; Mass Media; Public Relations; Public Relations Writing; Small Group Communication
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication
- Bachelor of Science in Communication
- Annual Tuition: $7,953
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 61%
- Example Classes: New Media; Organizational Communication; Persuasion; Principles of Advertising; Public Relations and Publicity
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Strategic Communication
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies - Strategic Communication
- Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies - Strategic Communication
- Annual Tuition: $8,000
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 60%
- Example Classes: Applied Active Listening; Applied Conflict Management; Applied Presentation Skills; Communication in the Workplace; Relational Communication
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication
- Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Leadership
- Bachelor of Professional Studies in Entertainment Management
- Bachelor of Professional Studies in Integrated Studies - Strategic Practices
- Bachelor of Professional Studies in Organizational Communication
- Bachelor of Professional Studies in Strategic Leadership
- Annual Tuition: $8,100
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes: Communication Systems; Information & Digital Literacy; Making Writing Relevant; Technical Writing
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor in Arts in Communication
- Bachelor in Arts in Communication - Digital Communication and Media Design
- Bachelor in Arts in Communication - Strategic Communication
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering - Communications
- Annual Tuition: $8,304
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Acceptance Rate: 73%
- Example Classes: Communication Theory; Intercultural Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Communication
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- B.A. in Communication
- B.S. in Communication
- B.S. in Organizational Sciences - Organizational Communication
- B.S. in Organizational Sciences - Organizations and Communities
- Annual Tuition: $8,334
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Acceptance Rate: 95%
- Example Classes: Intro to Human Communication; Intro to Mass Media; Media Writing
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Communication - Communication Principles
- Bachelor of Science in Integrative Studies - Communication
- Annual Tuition: $8,400
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 75%
- Example Classes: Communicating with Difference; Conflict Management; Human Communication Concepts; Interviewing; Persuasive Presentations; Speech Communication
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- BA in Applied Communication
- BA in Interdisciplinary Studies - Psychology
- BA in Interdisciplinary Studies - Speech Communication
- BA in Mass Communication - Journalism/Entertainment Writing and Reporting
- BA in Mass Communication - Journalism/Entertainment Writing and Reporting - Media Studies
- BA in Mass Communication - Journalism/Entertainment Writing and Reporting - Professional
- Annual Tuition: $8,480
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Acceptance Rate: 54%
- Example Classes: American Government and Politics; Broadcasting and Cable; Mass Media and the Law; Media Economics; Programs, Programming and Effects; Radio Production
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- B.A. in Broadcasting and Mass Communication
- Annual Tuition: $8,835
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 72%
- Example Classes: Communication Theory & Research; Conflict Management; Interpersonal Communication; Media and Society; Survey of Communication
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- BA Communication - Organizational & Strategic Communication
- Annual Tuition: $8,850
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: DEAC
- Acceptance Rate: Open Admissions
- Example Classes: Business Communication; Civility and Mass Media; Conflict and Communications; Digital Media; Strategies for Decision Making
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- BA in Strategic Communications
- Annual Tuition: $8,850
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 84%
- Example Classes: Gender and Communication; Intercultural Communication Theory and Research; Nonverbal Communication; Persuasion; Small Group Communication; The Rhetorical Tradition and Contemporary Applications
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies
- Annual Tuition: $8,883
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 60%
- Example Classes: Interpersonal Communication; Interviewing; Organizational Communication; Persuasion; Rhetorical Criticism
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication - Communication Studies
#22 Lynn University
- Annual Tuition: $9,000
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 85%
- Example Classes: Advertising, Public Relations and Society; Communication Law and Ethics; Media Literacy; Persuasion and Propaganda
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- BA in Communication and Media
- Annual Tuition: $9,150
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Acceptance Rate: 76%
- Example Classes: Advanced Intercultural Communication; Communicating Gender; Communication in Conflict; Communication Inquiry; Group Communication Processes; Interpersonal Communication; Persuasion; Theatre Appreciation
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts in Communicating Arts
- Bachelor of Science in Communicating Arts
- Annual Tuition: $9,233
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Acceptance Rate: 89%
- Example Classes: Crisis Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Measurement in Communication; Modern Media and Society; Nonverbal Communication; Organizational Communication; Public Messages; Rhetoric in Western Thought
Online Bachelor's Degrees
- BA in Communication
- BA in Humanities - Communication (Bachelor’s Accelerated Completion)