2024 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in Pennsylvania
5Colleges in Pennsylvania
152Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
A degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #170 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 5 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of public relations, advertising, & applied communication. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 152 degrees in public relations, advertising, & applied communication during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication School
The public relations, advertising, and applied communication program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication rankings. We derive our Best Overall Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
Pick Your Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Pennsylvania
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Pennsylvania Schools in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
57Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
Drexel University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #125 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Drexel is a great university overall.
There were roughly 57 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in public relations, advertising, & applied communication has to check out Point Park University. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 58th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 18 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Point Park in the most recent year we have data available.
Messiah University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Located in the large suburb of Mechanicsburg, Messiah is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #555 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Messiah is a great university overall.
There were about 9 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Messiah in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Kutztown University of Pennsylvania if you want to pursue a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Located in the fringe town of Kutztown, Kutztown University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 43rd out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 1 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Kutztown University in the most recent year we have data available.
Washington & Jefferson College is a good option for students pursuing a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. W&J is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #603 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means W&J is a great college overall.
There were approximately 6 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at W&J in the most recent year we have data available.
East Stroudsburg University is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of East Stroudsburg. This university ranks 66th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 5 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at East Stroudsburg University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the fringe town of Edinboro, Edinboro is a public university with a small student population.
There were roughly 19 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Edinboro in the most recent data year.
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 public relations, advertising, and applied communication program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication rankings. We derive our Best Overall Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
