2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 16 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and media studies students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #64 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School

#1

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI

1 Graduate Certificates

#4 in Quality in Rhode Island

$47,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Bryant University to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Smithfield, Bryant is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Bryant is ranked #4 for overall quality for communications in Rhode Island.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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