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2023 Best Value Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$34,091 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Journalism Graduate Certificate School for You

Journalism is the #70 most popular major in the country with 13,552 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 Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for journalism 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Journalism Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Journalism

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best value school in the United States for journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Mizzou also did well on our Best Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in the United States. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Journalism at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Report

#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in the United States. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Journalism at University of Iowa Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in the United States. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Journalism at Columbia University in the City of New York

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Journalism is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Journalism

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
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 Jfurrer.

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