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Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

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. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Relations & Advertising program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the most popular school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Women make up 60% of the public relations majors at the school.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Oregon State University is a great place for public relations and advertising students working on their graduate certificate. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

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

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#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Out of the 4 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges by State

Explore the best public relations and advertising schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 143
Washington 7
Oregon 38

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 4 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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