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2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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

Public Relations & Advertising is the #40 most popular major in Illinois with 930 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois 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.

Check out the public relations graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Chicago the most popular school in Illinois for public relations and advertising students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in public relations at UChicago, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public relations and advertising schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the # 3 spot on the list. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,190
Ohio 634
Indiana 322
Wisconsin 288

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 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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