2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School for You
With 66,787 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the #10 most popular major in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
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 the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southeast Region 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. 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.
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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for communications majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication & Media Studies
Our analysis found Liberty University to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Appalachian State University is a great value for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Appalachian State are $23,017 a year.
Appalachian State also claimed a spot on our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.
ECU graduate students pay an average of $20,743 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, ECU also did well on our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UF also is in the top 15% of our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and media studies schools in the Southeast Region . FAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FAU are $18,482 a year.
University of Central Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCF are $28,657 per year.
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University of Kentucky landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate communication and media studies programs. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.
UK graduate students pay an average of $33,548 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #8, Auburn University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Auburn also is in the top 5% of our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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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 Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 795 |
| Virginia | 2,064 |
| North Carolina | 2,972 |
| Florida | 3,020 |
| Tennessee | 1,000 |
| Kentucky | 787 |
| South Carolina | 796 |
| Louisiana | 815 |
| Arkansas | 457 |
| Alabama | 968 |
| Mississippi | 307 |
| West Virginia | 214 |
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Majors Related to Communications
One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 8 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.
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