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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$13,740 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,555 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,139 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Washington. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wazzu are $13,740 a year.

Wazzu did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.

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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 12,754
Oregon 416
Nevada 367
Hawaii 265
Alaska 11

One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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