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2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$22,073 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,934 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Communication Sciences is the #29 most popular major in the country with 10,547 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for communication sciences 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.

2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the communication sciences graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Communication Sciences

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Our analysis found University of Georgia to be the best value school for communication sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.

UGA also claimed a spot on our Best Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at University of Georgia

#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value communication sciences schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $14,544 per year.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at University of Memphis

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Florida International University is a great value for communication sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at FIU are $24,211 a year.

Full Communication Sciences at Florida International University Report

Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best communication sciences schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 132
Florida 586
Georgia 170
North Carolina 221
Tennessee 263
Kentucky 171
Louisiana 213
Alabama 189
South Carolina 112
Mississippi 92
Arkansas 148
West Virginia 80

One of 29 majors within the area of study, communication sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Communication Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
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Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

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 Ghozt Tramp.

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