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2023 Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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Public Relations & Advertising is the #52 most popular major in the country with 21,099 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for public relations and advertising students working on their graduate certificate. UNL is a very large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

Women make up 77% of the public relations majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great place for public relations and advertising students working on their online graduate certificate. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Of the 6 students majoring in public relations at UMN Twin Cities, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 40% of the public relations majors at the school.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at Metropolitan State University Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 356
Minnesota 128
Kansas 107
Iowa 289
Nebraska 347
North Dakota 30
South Dakota 27

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

Majors Similar to Public Relations

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 3 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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