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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$11,829 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,415 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 3,531 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and journalism students who went to a Arizona college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Communication & Journalism Master's Degree Schools in Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Arizona to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for communication and journalism students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

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

Check out the communication and journalism master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Arizona. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

ASU - Skysong also made our Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #1.

Full Communication & Journalism at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $13,460 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Arizona is ranked #2 for overall quality for communication and journalism in Arizona.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at University of Arizona

#3

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

The excellent master’s degree programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication and journalism schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 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, Grand Canyon University is ranked #4 for overall quality for communication and journalism in Arizona.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great value for communication and journalism students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NAU are $11,555 a year.

Full Communication & Journalism at Northern Arizona University Report

Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 5 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $12,608 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Tempe also took the #3 spot in our Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona rankings.

Read full report on Communication & Journalism at Arizona State University - Tempe

Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 8,480
New Mexico 199
Oklahoma 1,106

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 5 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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