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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$56,567 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 118 degrees and certificates were awarded to public relations and advertising students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #84 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois 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 Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate School

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 23
Ohio 48
Indiana 28
Wisconsin 0

Public Relations & Advertising is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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