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2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$28,179 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,934 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 22,298 communication sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #9 most popular in the country.

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

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic Region 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 the Middle Atlantic Region for communication sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.

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

Full Communication Sciences at Marywood University Report

#2

New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York Medical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Valhalla, New York Medical College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at New York Medical College are $25,524 a year.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at New York Medical College

#3

Salus University

Elkins Park, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Salus University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Salus University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Elkins Park.

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

Full Communication Sciences at Salus University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Teachers College at Columbia University is a great value for communication sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Teachers College are $35,054 a year.

Teachers College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at Teachers College at Columbia University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 per year.

Read full report on Communication Sciences at University of Maryland - College Park

Best Communication Sciences Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,200
Pennsylvania 1,232
Maryland 296
New Jersey 216
District of Columbia 136
Delaware 25

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, communication sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Communication Sciences Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Speech Pathology & Audiology 7,841
General Communication Sciences & Disorders 7,269
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 5,907
Audiology/Audiologist 1,032
Other Communication Disorders Sciences & Services 249

Majors Similar to Communication Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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