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2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England 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.

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our analysis found Tufts University to be the most popular school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in public relations at Tufts, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of New Britain.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the town of Plymouth.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Online. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

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#2

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Sacred Heart University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public relations and advertising schools in the New England Region . Sacred Heart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.

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#2

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Bridgeport is a great place for public relations and advertising students working on their graduate certificate. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Bridgeport.

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Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 189
Connecticut 74
Rhode Island 0
New Hampshire 187

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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