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2023 Best Value Journalism Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$27,907 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,413 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism Undergraduate 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.

The Best Value Journalism Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Journalism

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

Our 2023 rankings named University at Buffalo the best value school in the United States for journalism students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University at Buffalo are $28,702 per year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Cincinnati - Main 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 city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

UC undergraduate students pay an average of $27,111 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Journalism at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

Journalism by Region

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

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 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 Jfurrer.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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