If you pursue a degree in public relations, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #138 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Relations Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 289 degrees in public relations annually.
Your choice of public relations school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Public Relations 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Relations Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the pr degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in public relations. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 83 public relations students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in public relations needs to take a look at California State University - Long Beach. CSULB is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Long Beach. This university ranks 36th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 48 public relations students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in public relations needs to look into California State University - Dominguez Hills. CSUDH is a large public university located in the small city of Carson. This university ranks 91st out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 115 public relations students who graduated with this degree at CSUDH in the most recent data year.
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 public relations school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Public Relations School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
