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2023 Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools

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In 2020-2021, 2,828 people earned a degree or certificate in public relations and advertising, making the major the #71 most popular in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public relations majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the most popular online school in the United States for public relations and advertising students working on their graduate certificate. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

About 77% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 23% are male.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Out of the 24 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the # 2 spot on the list. WKU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.

About 71% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 29% are male.

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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 Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools list. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

About 90% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 10% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in public relations at NC State, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great place for public relations and advertising students working on their online graduate certificate. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Women make up 50% of the public relations majors at the school.

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Metropolitan State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate public relations and advertising programs. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 40% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 60% are male.

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Washington State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a very large student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 80% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#9

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

With a ranking of #9, Liberty University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public relations and advertising students working on their online graduate certificate. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

About 50% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 50% are male.

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University of Maryland Global Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools list. UMGC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

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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 averages are for the top 24 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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