2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Relations & Advertising is the 53rd most popular major in the country with 20,229 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public relations and advertising graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,513 and had an average of $25,130 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 841 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,392 and $25,434 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 109 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in public relations and advertising. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public relations and advertising programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public relations and advertising program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in California

#1

California Baptist University

Riverside, California

#3 in overall quality

$14,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,009 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Baptist University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in California. California Baptist University is located in Riverside, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s public relations degrees to qualified students.

Cal Baptist also made our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Baptist University are $14,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Cal Baptist

#2

Chapman University

Orange, California

#2 in overall quality

$35,105 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Orange, California, and it awarded 10 masters’s public relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Chapman also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chapman are $35,105, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Chapman University Public Relations & Advertising Report

#3

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,106 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in California list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 79 diplomas to qualified masters’s public relations students in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Southern California Public Relations & Advertising Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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