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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$17,219 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 108 degrees and certificates were awarded to public relations and advertising students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #88 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public relations students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

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

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Relations & Advertising

Our 2023 rankings named Clarion University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for public relations and advertising students working on their graduate certificate. Clarion University is a small public school located in the town of Clarion.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Clarion University are $12,179 a year.

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#2

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Villanova University is a great value for public relations and advertising students working on their graduate certificate. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Villanova are $21,199 a year.

Villanova also made our Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #4.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.

Temple graduate students pay an average of $18,278 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 366
Maryland 10
New Jersey 59
District of Columbia 266
Delaware 1

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 averages are for the top 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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