2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication (Income $48-$75k) in California

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Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is the 288th most popular major in the country with 1,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 67 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 67 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other public relations, advertising, and applied communication 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 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication 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, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication (Income $48-$75k) in California

#1

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California

#1 in overall quality

$31,918 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pepperdine University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k. Pepperdine is a medium-sized school located in Malibu, California that handed out 42 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Pepperdine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Pepperdine is $31,918 for California Bachelor’s Degree Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#2

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California

#2 in overall quality

$23,455 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Azusa Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Azusa, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication students in 2019-2020.

Azusa Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $23,455 for California Bachelor’s Degree Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Azusa Pacific University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication (Income $48-$75k)

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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