Public Relations is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #138 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Relations Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 152 degrees in public relations during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The pr program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Relations rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public relations schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Relations Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of pr degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in public relations needs to check out Illinois State University. Illinois State is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Normal. A Best Colleges rank of #231 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Illinois State is a great university overall.
There were about 89 public relations students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in public relations has to check out Columbia College Chicago. Columbia is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #370 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great college overall.
There were roughly 13 public relations students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in public relations needs to check out Eastern Illinois University. Located in the distant town of Charleston, EIU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 51st out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 17 public relations students who graduated with this degree at EIU in the most recent data year.
Olivet Nazarene University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in public relations. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bourbonnais. This university ranks 33rd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 8 public relations students who graduated with this degree at Olivet Nazarene in the most recent data year.
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).
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The pr program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Relations rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public relations schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
