2021 Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California
6Colleges
715Bachelor's Degrees
$42,230Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 715 bachelor's degrees were awarded to public relations & advertising students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #67 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 16,847 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 4.2% were from a college or university in the state.
This year's Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in public relations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public relations & advertising programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the public relations & advertising program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Pepperdine University tops the 2021 list of our schools in California that are best for non-traditional public relations & advertising students. Located in the suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pepperdine, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in California ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. 3,015 students at Pepperdine are exclusively online. 4,069 students are part time.
University of Southern California earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. USC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in California list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 15,291 students at USC that take at least one class online. About 6,687 of the students at USC are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize San Jose State University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose. San Jose State also made our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in California list, coming in at #5.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 19,939 students at San Jose State that take at least one class online. 9,800 of San Jose State students are attending part time.
Chapman University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Orange, Chapman is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. Chapman also made our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in California list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at Chapman is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 185 students take at least one class online at Chapman. 1,064 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of San Francisco as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. USFCA also made our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in California list, coming in at #4.
The student loan default rate at USFCA is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,220 students take at least one class online at USFCA. 2,299 students are part time.
San Diego State University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population. SDSU also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in California rankings.
About 1.1% of SDSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 21,657 students take at least one class online at SDSU. 5,452 of SDSU students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 schools only.
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 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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In <nil>, 715 bachelor's degrees were awarded to public relations & advertising students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #67 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 16,847 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 4.2% were from a college or university in the state.
