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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$33,230 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,555 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 4,480 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #15 most popular major in the state.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for communications students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 New York

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

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication & Media Studies

#1

University at Albany

Albany, NY

Our 2023 rankings named University at Albany the best value school in New York for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Albany, UAlbany is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UAlbany are $13,535 a year.

Full Communication & Media Studies at University at Albany Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Columbia also took the #3 spot in our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in New York rankings.

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

Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 2,218
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 2 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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