2024 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in Colorado
3Colleges in Colorado
423Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in public relations, advertising, & applied communication, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #170 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 423 degrees in public relations, advertising, & applied communication during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication School
Your choice of public relations, advertising, & applied communication school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings by 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 Colorado 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 Colorado
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the public relations, advertising, and applied communication degree levels they offer.
Top Colorado Schools in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
404Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
University of Colorado Boulder is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were about 404 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in public relations, advertising, & applied communication needs to check out Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins. This university ranks 4th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 8 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent data year.
Metropolitan State University of Denver is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. MSU Denver is a large public university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 26th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 6 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent data year.
Rankings in Majors Related to Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
One of 10 majors within the Public Relations & Advertising area of study, Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
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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