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2023 Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$16,995 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,934 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, communication sciences students earned 296 degrees and certificates from a Maryland school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Maryland ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the best value school in Maryland for communication sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $16,995 per year.

UMCP not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list.

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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 2,200
Pennsylvania 1,232
New Jersey 216
District of Columbia 136
Delaware 25

Communication Sciences is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Communication Sciences Focus Areas

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

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 values are for the top school 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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