2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Oregon

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Oregon for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Oregon for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Oregon for a Master’s

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

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

1

University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

#1 overall quality in Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Oregon for a Master’s list. University of Oregon is located in Eugene, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication 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%.

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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 Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Oregon for a Master’s list. University of Portland is a small school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 0 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 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in the Far Western US Region
• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for 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.