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Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$14,866 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 128 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public relations and advertising is the #104 most popular major in Minnesota.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Our analysis found Metropolitan State University to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Minnesota. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Metro State are $10,237 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public relations and advertising schools in Minnesota. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

UMN Twin Cities graduate students pay an average of $19,494 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 356
Kansas 107
Iowa 289
Nebraska 347
North Dakota 30
South Dakota 27

Public Relations & Advertising is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

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