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2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$22,282 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,934 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 583 degrees and certificates were awarded to communication sciences students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for communication sciences 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication Sciences

#1

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Marywood University the best value school in Pennsylvania for communication sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Marywood graduate students pay an average of $11,438 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Marywood University

#2

Salus University

Elkins Park, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Salus University is a great value for communication sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Elkins Park, Salus University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Salus University graduate students pay an average of $33,125 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Communication Sciences at Salus University Report

Best Value Communication Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Communication Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,197
Maryland 160
New Jersey 175
District of Columbia 119
Delaware 25

Communication Sciences is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Ghozt Tramp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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