2024 Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in Louisiana
3Colleges in Louisiana
133Public Relations Degrees Awarded
$34,738Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in public relations & advertising, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #52 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of public relations & advertising. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 133 degrees in public relations & advertising during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Public Relations & Advertising School
The public relations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Relations & Advertising rankings. For our Best Overall Public Relations & Advertising School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Public Relations & Advertising Rankings by Degree Level
The public relations school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in Louisiana.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Public Relations & Advertising in Louisiana
The schools below may not offer all types of public relations degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in public relations & advertising has to take a look at Loyola University New Orleans. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #902 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Loyola New Orleans is a great university overall.
There were about 40 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at Loyola New Orleans in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, public relations degree recipients usually earn around $35,993 in their early careers.
Any student pursuing a degree in public relations & advertising has to check out Tulane University of Louisiana. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #78 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Tulane is a great university overall.
There were approximately 18 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent data year. Those public relations & advertising students who get their degree from Tulane University of Louisiana make $4,547 more than the standard public relations grad.
It is hard to beat University of Louisiana at Lafayette if you want to pursue a degree in public relations & advertising. UL Lafayette is a large public university located in the midsize city of Lafayette. This university ranks 9th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 56 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at UL Lafayette in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the public relations program make about $28,936 for their early career.
Southeastern Louisiana University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in public relations & advertising. Southeastern is a large public university located in the small city of Hammond. This university ranks 16th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 7 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at Southeastern in the most recent year we have data available.
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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