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2023 Best Value Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,101 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,555 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 235 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication and journalism students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state.

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 Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for communication and journalism students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication & Journalism

Our analysis found Appalachian State University to be the best value school for communication and journalism students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in North Carolina. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Appalachian State are $8,007 per year.

Appalachian State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication & Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for communication and journalism students working on their graduate certificate. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC State are $11,703 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NC State is ranked #2 for overall quality for communication and journalism in North Carolina.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication & Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 54
Florida 672
Virginia 380
Tennessee 105
Georgia 274
South Carolina 59
Louisiana 75
West Virginia 146
Kentucky 116
Arkansas 108
Alabama 218

Communication & Journalism Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

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 Josh Hallett.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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