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2023 Best Value Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$34,091 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Journalism Graduate Certificate School for You

Journalism is the #128 most popular major in the country with 1,238 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

The Best Value Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for journalism students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Journalism

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best value school in the United States for journalism students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 a year.

Mizzou excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Journalism at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Norman.

University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Journalism at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Report

#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in the United States. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 a year.

Iowa also claimed a spot on our Best Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Journalism at University of Iowa Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value journalism schools in the United States. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia also claimed a spot on our Best Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Journalism at Columbia University in the City of New York

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 5 majors within the area of study, journalism has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

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 Jfurrer.

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