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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Oregon” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 4,203 people earned their degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication, making the major the 170th most popular in the United States.

Across Oregon, there were 19 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 13 public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,963 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Oregon” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Oregon”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Oregon

1

University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

#1 overall quality in Oregon

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Oregon is a large public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 13 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.

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%.

Read more about Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at University of Oregon

2

University of Portland
Portland, Oregon

#5 overall quality in Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Portland. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Oregon list. University of Portland is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Portland Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Report

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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.