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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$39,910 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,555 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, communication and journalism was ranked #11 in the country. In fact 120,571 degrees and certificates were handed out 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 & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for communication and journalism 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. 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 Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication & Journalism

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the best value school in the New England Region for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at URI are $29,774 per year.

Full Communication & Journalism at University of Rhode Island Report

#2

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bryant University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Smithfield, Bryant is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bryant are $47,720 a year.

Full Communication & Journalism at Bryant University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Connecticut is a great value for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.

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Best Communication & Journalism Colleges by State

Explore the best communication and journalism schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,039
Maine 241
Rhode Island 548
Massachusetts 3,623
Connecticut 1,467
Vermont 146

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

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 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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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