by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 4,918 people earned their degree in advertising, making the major the 149th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4,418 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major” ranking analyzed 96 colleges that offered a degree in advertising. That schools that top this list have a program in advertising in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Puerto Rico - Carolina. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. University of Puerto Rico - Carolina is located in Carolina, and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. UO is located in Eugene, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 331 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 96 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 565 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Universidad del Sagrado Corazon. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major. Sagrado is located in Santurce, and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pace University - New York. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 88 degrees to qualified bachelors’s advertising students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 343 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Advertising at The University of Texas at Austin
Temple University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major ranking. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 187 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Susquehanna University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major ranking. Susquehanna University is a small school located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania that handed out 10 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #9, Rowan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. Rowan University is a fairly large public school situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. It awarded 93 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
With a ranking of #10, Northwood University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. This small school is located in Midland, Michigan, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Appalachian State University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. Appalachian State is a large school located in Boone, North Carolina that handed out 84 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major ranking, coming in at #12. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 153 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Marquette University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major ranking. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 56 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Wesleyan College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. Wesleyan College is a small school located in Macon, Georgia that handed out 3 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Southern Indiana ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. University of Southern Indiana is a medium-sized school located in Evansville, Indiana that handed out 38 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #16, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 222 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Read full report on Advertising at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Miami came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major ranking. U Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 88 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, 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 91%.
With a ranking of #18, Suffolk University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas State University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major ranking. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 133 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #20, Syracuse University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 106 degrees to qualified bachelors’s advertising students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Pepperdine University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #22, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 178 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s advertising students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Brigham Young University - Provo came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major ranking. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Provo, Utah. It awarded 98 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #24, University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 124 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of Alabama landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Advertising Major ranking. The University of Alabama is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 123 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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