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2023 Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Public Relations & Advertising is the #71 most popular major in the country with 2,828 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Our analysis found Temple University to be the most popular school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 90% of the public relations majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maryland Global Campus is a great place for public relations and advertising students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, PA

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Clarion University of Pennsylvania is a great place for public relations and advertising students working on their online graduate certificate. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

Women make up 75% of the public relations majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Notre Dame of Maryland University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NDMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a great place for public relations and advertising students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Explore the most popular online public relations and advertising schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 366
Pennsylvania 108
Maryland 10
New Jersey 59
District of Columbia 266
Delaware 1

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

Majors Similar to Public Relations

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 6 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.

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