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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$52,385 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,000 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising School for You

With 143 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public relations and advertising is the #114 most popular major in California.

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

The Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for public relations 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 Public Relations & Advertising Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public relations majors pursuing a .

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Relations & Advertising

#1

Biola University

La Mirada, CA
$44,382 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Biola University the best value school in California for public relations and advertising students. Located in the suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Biola undergraduate students pay an average of $44,382 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$37,018 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California Baptist University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public relations and advertising schools in California. Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Riverside.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal Baptist are $37,018 per year.

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#3

Chapman University

Orange, CA
$58,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Orange, Chapman is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chapman are $58,634 per year.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public relations and advertising schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

USC undergraduate students pay an average of $61,503 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in California list.

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Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 7
Oregon 38

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public relations and advertising has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Relations

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

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 Bill Koplitz.

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