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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$32,021 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,415 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 548 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and journalism students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Communication & Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which master's degree 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.

2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Communication & Journalism Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Communication & Journalism

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the best value school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Rhode Island. URI is a large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at URI are $16,322 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, URI is ranked #5 for overall quality for communication and journalism in Rhode Island.

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#2

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI

Out of the 2 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryant University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Smithfield, Bryant is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bryant are $47,720 per year.

Bryant also made our Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #2.

Full Communication & Journalism at Bryant University Report

Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,039
Maine 241
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 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.

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