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2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Undergraduate Certificate Schools

29 Colleges
$21,745 Avg Salary
$16,473 Avg Student Debt

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

Public Relations & Advertising is the #52 most popular major in the country with 21,099 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. 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.

The Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public relations majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Cincinnati - Main Campus the most popular school in the United States for public relations and advertising students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 88 students majoring in public relations at UC, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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Out of the 29 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami Ad School - Wynwood landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Miami, Miami Ad School - Wynwood is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 65% of the public relations majors at the school.

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#3

Miami Media School

Miami, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami Media School. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Miami Media School is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Miami.

Of the 31 students majoring in public relations at Miami Media School, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami Ad School - New York. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Miami Ad School - New York is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Astoria.

Women make up 42% of the public relations majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the city of Akron.

About 45% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 55% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public relations and advertising students working on their undergraduate certificate. Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

Of the 13 students majoring in public relations at Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center, 23% are male and 77% are female.

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University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate public relations and advertising programs. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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Sinclair Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for public relations and advertising students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

Women make up 63% of the public relations majors at the school.

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#9

Miami Ad School - San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Miami Ad School - San Francisco came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Miami Ad School - San Francisco is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Of the 7 students majoring in public relations at Miami Ad School - San Francisco, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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#10

The University of Montana

Missoula, MT

The University of Montana ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 33% are male.

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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 29 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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