If you pursue a degree in advertising, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #149 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for advertising students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 853 degrees in advertising during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The advertising program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Advertising rankings. For our Best Overall 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Advertising Schools in Texas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of advertising degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in advertising needs to take a look at The University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 398 advertising students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Southern Methodist University if you wish to pursue a degree in advertising. SMU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were about 55 advertising students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year.
Texas Tech University is a good option for students interested in a degree in advertising. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #168 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were about 153 advertising students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
University of Houston is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in advertising. UH is a very large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 10th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 55 advertising students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent data year.
Texas State is a very large public university located in the small city of San Marcos. This university ranks 20th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 133 advertising students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent year we have data available.
UTEP is a fairly large public university located in the large city of El Paso. This university ranks 56th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 38 advertising students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent data year.
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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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The advertising program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Advertising rankings. For our Best Overall Advertising School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
