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2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$9,081 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,555 Avg Salary

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

With 313 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the #53 most popular major in Texas.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Texas to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for communications students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication & Media Studies

Our analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the best value school for communication and media studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Texas. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

SHSU graduate students pay an average of $8,666 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $9,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Media Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $9,060 per year.

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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 334
Oklahoma 34
New Mexico 24

Communication & Media Studies is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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