2024 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the New England Region
7Colleges in the New England Region
165Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #170 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 165 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public relations, advertising, & applied communication schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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.
Pick Your Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New England Region Schools in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
Emerson College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Emerson is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #179 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Emerson is a great college overall.
There were approximately 20 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Emerson in the most recent data year.
Quinnipiac University is a great option for students interested in a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Quinnipiac is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Hamden. A Best Colleges rank of #488 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Quinnipiac is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Quinnipiac in the most recent year we have data available.
Sacred Heart University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 20 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Sacred Heart in the most recent data year.
Roger Williams University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. RWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Bristol. A Best Colleges rank of #580 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means RWU is a great university overall.
There were about 21 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at RWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Endicott College is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Located in the large suburb of Beverly, Endicott is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #499 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Endicott is a great college overall.
There were approximately 17 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Endicott in the most recent year we have data available.
58Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
CCSU is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of New Britain. This university ranks 7th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 58 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at CCSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Bangor, Husson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 3 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Husson in the most recent data year.
RIC is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Providence. This college ranks 9th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 22 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent data year.
Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. This university ranks 63rd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 3 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network 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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