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Most Popular Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major & Degree Program

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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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder 222 3% $31,044
2 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Nebraska-Lincoln 207 4% $24,936
3 166 1% $22,168
4 Elon 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 156 10% $51,049
5 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Kentucky 143 2% $30,101
6 Syracuse 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 119 2% $70,636
7 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Central Oklahoma 112 4% $24,091
8 Kennesaw State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 108 2% $25,773
9 Texas Christian 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 101 4% $65,684
10 Howard 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 99 6% $44,651
11 90 2% $24,550
12 Ithaca College 90 6% $62,757
13 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Tampa 79 4% $45,450
14 Drexel 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 78 1% $70,223
15 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Wisconsin-River Falls 65 5% $17,937
16 Flagler College-St Augustine 55 9% $34,990
17 Marist College 50 3% $58,150
18 44 2% $22,436
19 Universidad del Sagrado Corazon 44 5% $24,450
20 California Baptist 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 41 2% $47,694
21 Georgetown 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 40 1% $73,840
22 Pepperdine 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 36 1% $73,002
23 34 1% $25,869
24 Texas Tech 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 33 0% $24,472
25 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Central Arkansas 32 1% $22,563
26 CUNY City College 30 1% $29,967
27 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Scranton 27 2% $62,686
28 Belmont 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 27 2% $52,760
29 Loyola 911³Ô¹ÏÍø New Orleans 24 4% $56,564
30 Point Park 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 23 2% $46,090
31 Lynn 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 22 3% $56,823
32 Endicott College 21 2% $51,674
33 Florida Memorial 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 18 8% $29,812
34 Biola 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 17 1% $56,956
35 West Texas A & M 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 17 1% $21,285
36 Mercy College 16 1% $38,200
37 Wilmington 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 15 0% $13,010
38 Drury 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 15 4% $40,951
39 Florida Southern College 15 2% $52,020
40 14 0% $27,484
41 St Francis College 13 2% $44,488
42 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 13 1% $19,493
43 Wingate 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 12 2% $48,746
44 Meredith College 12 2% $50,796
45 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus 12 0% $7,520
46 11 1% $21,996
47 College of the Ozarks 11 4% $30,220
48 Messiah College 11 1% $49,280
49 National 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 11 0% $15,024
50 Simpson College 10 3% $52,040
51 William Peace 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 10 4% $46,130
52 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Oregon 10 0% $27,366
53 Indiana Wesleyan 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Marion 10 1% $38,578
54 Trinity Washington 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 10 2% $37,970
55 Anderson 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 10 1% $43,110
56 Oral Roberts 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 9 2% $42,660
57 South 911³Ô¹ÏÍøÂ–Savannah Online 9 0% $14,854
58 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Mount Union 8 1% $43,795
59 Evangel 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 7 2% $37,374
60 Saint Mary's 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Minnesota 7 0% $47,290
61 Mount Saint Mary College 7 1% $49,076
62 Mid-America Christian 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 6 1% $31,026
63 Edgewood College 6 1% $44,216
64 Husson 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 6 1% $31,150
65 Washington 911³Ô¹ÏÍø in St Louis 5 0% $74,361
66 Villanova 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 5 0% $70,728
67 Holy Family 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 5 1% $46,850
68 Chippewa Valley Technical College 5 0% $6,324
69 Paine College 5 7% $26,782
70 Cardinal Stritch 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 4 1% $44,130
71 McKendree 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 4 1% $43,500
72 Midway 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 4 1% $41,430
73 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Findlay 4 0% $46,920
74 Tarrant County College District 4 0% $3,266
75 Hannibal-LaGrange 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 3 1% $34,700
76 New York Institute of Technology 3 0% $58,496
77 Anderson 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 3 1% $45,290
78 Northwestern College 3 1% $44,600
79 Indiana 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Purdue 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Indianapolis 3 0% $22,537
80 Quincy 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 2 1% $42,462
81 Fullerton College 2 0% $2,884
82 West Virginia Wesleyan College 2 1% $46,561
83 Reinhardt 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 2 1% $40,700
84 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Pittsburgh-Bradford 2 1% $28,100
85 Geneva College 2 0% $39,450
86 Los Angeles Pierce College 2 0% $3,137
87 Carthage College 2 0% $59,240
88 Dallas Baptist 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 2 0% $41,170
89 Bellevue 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 2 0% $20,970
90 Pontifical Catholic 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2 0% $16,918
91 Coe College 2 1% $57,200
92 Notre Dame of Maryland 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 2 0% $51,670
93 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Portland 2 0% $62,200
94 North Idaho College 2 0% $14,862
95 Bluffton 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 2 1% $47,566
96 West Virginia 911³Ô¹ÏÍø at Parkersburg 1 0% $5,222
97 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Mary Hardin-Baylor 1 0% $41,426
98 Rowan 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 1 0% $32,099
99 Florida Institute of Technology 1 0% $59,530
100 Ohio Northern 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 1 0% $47,711

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.