2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Advertising in California

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in advertising, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #85 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for advertising students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 107 bachelor's degrees in advertising to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Advertising School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The advertising bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Advertising in California ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for advertising, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for advertising.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Advertising in California

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for advertising students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Advertising Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

San Jose State University
San Jose, CA

40 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

San Jose State University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in advertising. San Jose State is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Jose. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in advertising in California.

There were about 40 advertising students who graduated with this degree at San Jose State in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in advertising from San Jose State University

2

Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA

34 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Pepperdine University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in advertising. Located in the large suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in advertising in California.

There were roughly 34 advertising individuals who graduated with this degree at Pepperdine in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in advertising from Pepperdine University

3

University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

32 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in advertising needs to check out University of San Francisco. Located in the city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in advertising in California.

There were roughly 32 advertising students who graduated with this degree at USFCA in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in advertising from University of San Francisco

4

Pacific Union College
Angwin, CA

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In CA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Pacific Union College if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in advertising. PUC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Angwin. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #4 in quality for bachelor's degrees in advertising in California.

There were roughly 1 advertising students who graduated with this degree at PUC in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in advertising from Pacific Union College

Best Advertising Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Advertising Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	527	53
Oregon	330	317

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Advertising Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Public Relations & Advertising area of study, Advertising has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Advertising

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations	338
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	103
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	67
Health Communication	39
General Organizational Communication	21
International & Intercultural Communication	5

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz. More about our data sources and methodologies.