2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in the Southeast Region

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Public Relations is the 138th most popular major in the country with 5,216 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,446 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their public relations program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree pr students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in the Southeast Region

1

Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Winter Park, Florida, and it awarded 48 masters’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Full Sail University Public Relations Report

2

Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Valley State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southeast Region. Mississippi Valley State University is a public institution located in Itta Bena, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Relations at Mississippi Valley State University

3

Mississippi College
Clinton, Mississippi

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Clinton, Mississippi. It awarded 3 masters’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Relations at MC

4

University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

#18 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southeast Region. University of Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s PR degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Miami Public Relations Report

5

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 1 masters’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Relations at University of Southern Mississippi

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations

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.