2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate School for You
Communication & Media Studies is the #47 most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for communications 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.
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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication & Media Studies
Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the best value school in the Southeast Region for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Appalachian State are $23,017 a year.
Appalachian State also claimed a spot on our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means East Carolina University is a great value for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ECU are $20,743 a year.
ECU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.
UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Florida Atlantic University is a great value for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. FAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.
FAU graduate students pay an average of $18,482 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Central Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a very large student population.
UCF graduate students pay an average of $28,657 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Kentucky landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate communication and media studies programs. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UK are $33,548 per year.
With a ranking of #8, Auburn University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for communication and media studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Auburn also is in the top 5% of our Best Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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Best Communication & Media Studies Colleges by State
Explore the best communication and media studies colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 211 |
| Florida | 381 |
| Georgia | 62 |
| North Carolina | 144 |
| Tennessee | 90 |
| Kentucky | 70 |
| Louisiana | 50 |
| Alabama | 111 |
| South Carolina | 28 |
| Mississippi | 13 |
| Arkansas | 16 |
| West Virginia | 46 |
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Majors Related to Communications
One of 5 majors within the area of study, communication and media studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Communications
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Public Relations & Advertising | 2,828 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 2,562 |
| Journalism | 1,238 |
| Communication & Journalism (Other) | 341 |
| Publishing | 214 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 8 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 UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.
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