2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate School for You
With 6,024 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and journalism is the #12 most popular major in Florida.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Florida 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.
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.
Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication & Journalism
Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Florida the best value school in Florida for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCF are $8,872 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UCF is ranked #4 for overall quality for communication and journalism in Florida.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and journalism schools in Florida. FAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FAU are $6,693 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great value for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
UF graduate students pay an average of $12,737 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UF did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Lynn University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and journalism schools in Florida. Located in the city of Boca Raton, Lynn University Fighting Knights is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lynn University Fighting Knights are $13,700 a year.
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Request InformationBest Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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North Carolina | 3,754 |
West Virginia | 547 |
Mississippi | 878 |
South Carolina | 1,359 |
Virginia | 2,555 |
Arkansas | 946 |
Alabama | 1,832 |
Kentucky | 1,560 |
Georgia | 3,112 |
Tennessee | 1,671 |
Louisiana | 1,031 |
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Communication & Journalism Related Majors for Communication & Journalism
Communication & Journalism Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 Majors Related to Communication & Journalism
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 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 Josh Hallett.
More about our data sources and methodologies.