2023 Most Popular Colleges for Public Relations in Georgia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended PR Major in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Georgia, there were 175 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended PR Major in Georgia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in public relations.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The pr school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended PR Major in Georgia”.

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Most Well Attended PR Major in Georgia

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia pr students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Public Relations in Georgia

1

University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Georgia

$46,768 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,019 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended PR Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s PR degrees to 132 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 1.9% 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%.

Full UGA Public Relations Report

2

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia

#7 overall quality in Georgia

$41,176 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,218 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended PR Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Statesboro, Georgia, and it awarded 43 ’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Relations at GaSou

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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.