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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$17,387 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest 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.

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio the best value school in the Southwest Region for communication sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the city of San Antonio.

UT Health San Antonio graduate students pay an average of $13,448 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at El Paso is a great value for communication sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

UTEP graduate students pay an average of $16,621 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Texas Woman’s University

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 4 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Arizona State University - Tempe

Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best communication sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 833
Arizona 219
Oklahoma 123
New Mexico 86

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

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 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 Ghozt Tramp.

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