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2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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With 143 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public relations and advertising is the #114 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 California ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the most popular school in California for public relations and advertising students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at San Diego State University Report

Our analysis found Golden Gate University - San Francisco to be the most popular school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Golden Gate University - San Francisco

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State Degrees Awarded
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 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.

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