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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$11,826 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,555 Avg Salary

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

Communication & Media Studies is the #16 most popular major in Alabama with 968 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

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 Alabama ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Our analysis found Auburn University to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Alabama. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Auburn graduate students pay an average of $11,826 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Auburn also made our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that 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
Mississippi 307
West Virginia 214

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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