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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$33,381 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 1,767 degrees and certificates were awarded to public relations and advertising students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #49 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for public relations students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 New York

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

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Relations & Advertising

#1

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Our analysis found Stony Brook University to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New York. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $13,838 per year.

SUNY Stony Brook also claimed a spot on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Stony Brook University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Columbia is ranked #3 for overall quality for public relations in New York.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Columbia University in the City of New York

Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,101
Maryland 42
New Jersey 315
District of Columbia 521
Delaware 1

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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