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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$13,740 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate School for You

With 7 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public relations and advertising is the #131 most popular major in Washington.

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 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 Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking.

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.

Check out the public relations graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Washington. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $13,740 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wazzu is ranked #2 for overall quality for public relations in Washington.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at Washington State University Report

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

Explore all the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 143
Oregon 38

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

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 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 Bill Koplitz.

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