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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$38,328 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,555 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 66,787 communication and media studies students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for communications students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for communications majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication & Media Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Clarion University of Pennsylvania the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Clarion, Clarion University is a public college with a small student population.

Clarion University graduate students pay an average of $13,862 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Clarion University of Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Columbia also is in the top 15% of our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and media studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

Johns Hopkins graduate students pay an average of $61,202 in tuition and fees each year.

Johns Hopkins also claimed a spot on our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Full Communication & Media Studies at Johns Hopkins University Report

#4

University at Albany

Albany, NY

Out of the 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Albany landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Albany, UAlbany is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAlbany are $25,325 per year.

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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best communication and media studies schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 2,218
New York 4,480
Maryland 1,274
New Jersey 1,539
District of Columbia 200
Delaware 239

Communication & Media Studies is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 averages are for the top 4 schools 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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