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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$25,279 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,181 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 66,787 communication and media studies students received their degrees and certificates, 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Communication & Media Studies

Our 2023 rankings named University of Cincinnati - Main Campus the best value school in the United States for communication and media studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC are $27,111 a year.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern are $20,024 per year.

Full Communication & Media Studies at Eastern Kentucky University Report

#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and media studies schools in the United States. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University at Buffalo are $28,702 a year.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University at Buffalo

Communication & Media Studies by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 3 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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