2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region

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Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is the 327th most popular major in the country with 1,553 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 216 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 73 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in the Southeast Region

1

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, Arkansas

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region list. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 34 masters’s 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%.

Read full report on Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at A-State

2

University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and it awarded 15 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UNCW Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Report

3

Virginia State University
Petersburg, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region. Virginia State University is a small school located in Petersburg, Virginia that handed out 2 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Virginia State University

4

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Liberty University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.