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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,508 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 43 degrees and certificates were awarded to public relations and advertising students who went to a Arizona college or university. This makes it the #86 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arizona 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

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

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arizona the best value school in Arizona for public relations and advertising students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $13,460 per year.

University of Arizona also made our Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at University of Arizona

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great value for public relations and advertising students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NAU are $11,555 per year.

NAU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Northern Arizona University

Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 224

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 2 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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