2024 Best Public Relations Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

If you plan on getting your master's degree in public relations, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #251 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 Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 128 master's degrees in public relations during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public relations students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public relations students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public relations related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for public relations students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Relations Schools

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 Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Relations in District of Columbia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public relations.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Master's in PR

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

89 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in public relations needs to check out Georgetown University. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in public relations from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

39 Annual Graduates

George Washington University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in public relations. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a master’s in public relations from George Washington University

Best Public Relations Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Public Relations Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	55
Pennsylvania	607	17
Maryland	363	0
New Jersey	346	23

View All Rankings >

Public Relations Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Public Relations & Advertising area of study, Public Relations has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to PR

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	78
Political Communication	43
Health Communication	5
International & Intercultural Communication	5

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.