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Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$28,805 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, public relations and advertising was ranked #52 in the country. In fact 21,099 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public relations students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public relations majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Relations & Advertising

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

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $28,190 in tuition and fees each year.

Wazzu excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Washington State University

#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Oregon State graduate students pay an average of $29,420 in tuition and fees each year.

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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 861
Washington 365
Oregon 659

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 66,787
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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