2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 5,216 people earned their degree in public relations, making the major the 138th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 231 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 128 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public relations.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in District of Columbia

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 89 degrees to qualified masters’s PR students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 masters’s PR degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full George Washington University Public Relations Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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