If you pursue a degree in advertising, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #149 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of advertising. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 183 degrees in advertising during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of advertising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Advertising School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Advertising Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of advertising degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Pepperdine University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in advertising. Located in the suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #94 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Pepperdine is a great university overall.
There were approximately 44 advertising students who graduated with this degree at Pepperdine in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in advertising needs to take a look at San Jose State University. San Jose State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of San Jose. This university ranks 23rd out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 42 advertising students who graduated with this degree at San Jose State in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of San Francisco if you wish to pursue a degree in advertising. USFCA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Francisco. This university ranks 24th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 32 advertising students who graduated with this degree at USFCA in the most recent data year.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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Your choice of advertising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Advertising School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
