2024 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in Mississippi

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in Mississippi ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 38 degrees in public relations, advertising, & applied communication during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools List

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 Mississippi list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Mississippi

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 Mississippi Schools in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

13.6% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication has to take a look at University of Mississippi. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication from University of Mississippi

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat University of Southern Mississippi if you want to pursue a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Southern Miss is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Hattiesburg.More information about a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication from University of Southern Mississippi

Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	831
North Carolina	710	20
Georgia	690	178
Tennessee	624	17
South Carolina	530	19
Kentucky	518	9
Alabama	500	3
Louisiana	489	96
Arkansas	466	38
West Virginia	410	15

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Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Related Rankings by Major

Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is one of 10 different types of Public Relations & Advertising programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations	21
Sports Communication	4
Health Communication	1

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Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.

More about our data sources and methodologies.