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2023 Best Value Corporate Communications Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$29,576 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Business/Corporate Communications Graduate Certificate School for You

Business/Corporate Communications is the #253 most popular major in the country with 117 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Corporate Communications Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business communications 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 Business/Corporate Communications Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business communications majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Corporate Communications

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Kentucky University the best value school in the United States for business/corporate communications students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NKU are $15,594 a year.

Full Business/Corporate Communications at Northern Kentucky University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Corporate Communications Graduate Certificate Schools list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 per year.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

Out of the 4 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Portland State University are $24,009 per year.

Full Business/Corporate Communications at Portland State University Report

#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great value for business/corporate communications students working on their graduate certificate. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

Harvard excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Corporate Communications Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Business/Corporate Communications at Harvard University

Business/Corporate Communications by Region

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Far Western US
Southwest
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One of 20 majors within the area of study, business/corporate communications has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137

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 Joi Ito.

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