2024 Best Public Relations Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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 the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 61 master's degrees in public relations during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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 schools 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 the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Relations in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in PR

1

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Miami if you wish to pursue a master's degree in public relations. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in public relations from University of Miami

2

Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

48 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Full Sail University if you want to pursue a master's degree in public relations. Located in the large suburb of Winter Park, Full Sail University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in public relations from Full Sail University

2

Mississippi College
Clinton, MS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in public relations needs to look into Mississippi College. MC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Clinton.More information about a master’s in public relations from Mississippi College

Best Public Relations Colleges by State

Explore the best public relations colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	422	55
Mississippi	243	6

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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
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	159
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	106
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	73
General Organizational Communication	36
Advertising	28
Technical & Scientific Communication	18
Sports Communication	12
International & Intercultural Communication	11
Health Communication	1

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.