2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate School for You
Communication & Journalism is the #11 most popular major in Oregon with 1,375 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Oregon to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for communication and journalism students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication & Journalism
Our 2023 rankings named Oregon State University the best value school in Oregon for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.
Oregon State graduate students pay an average of $15,569 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Oregon State is ranked #1 for overall quality for communication and journalism in Oregon.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Oregon helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and journalism schools in Oregon. Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UO are $18,120 per year.
UO did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon list.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 17,589 |
| Washington | 2,086 |
| Hawaii | 292 |
| Nevada | 523 |
| Alaska | 30 |
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Communication & Journalism Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication & Media Studies | 66,787 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 21,099 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 17,669 |
| Journalism | 13,552 |
| Communication & Journalism (Other) | 1,128 |
| Publishing | 336 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Education | 327,871 |
| Social Sciences | 205,984 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 55,820 |
| History | 32,731 |
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 Josh Hallett.
More about our data sources and methodologies.