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CIP 09.0900 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.

A general program that focuses on organizational communication, public relations, and advertising; and that prepares individuals to function in a wide range of public and private sector positions requiring the skills of persuasive communication. Includes instruction in communications, public relations, and advertising theory; principles and techniques of persuasion; message/image design; marketing strategy; professional writing; public speaking and multi-media presentation skills; digital communications; and applied research.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 09.0900. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years11
2025Associate degree834
2025Bachelor degree1193,165
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate765
2025Master degree34754
2025Doctorate — research29
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year18112
2024Certificate 1–2 years14
2024Associate degree737
2024Bachelor degree1192,952
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate874
2024Master degree35802
2024Doctorate — research26
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1090
2023Certificate 1–2 years15
2023Associate degree824
2023Bachelor degree1113,039
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate875
2023Master degree35895
2023Doctorate — research29
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1376
2022Certificate 1–2 years13
2022Associate degree723
2022Bachelor degree1103,399
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate963
2022Master degree34834
2022Doctorate — research13
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1261
2021Certificate 1–2 years19
2021Associate degree741
2021Bachelor degree1163,239
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate443
2021Master degree31722
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1252
2020Certificate 1–2 years16
2020Associate degree720
2020Bachelor degree1002,996
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate418
2020Master degree30631
2020Post-master certificate111
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year938

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 09.0900 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 09 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

218 institutions

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