2024 Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

If you plan on getting your master's degree in public relations & advertising, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #60 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 74 master's degrees in public relations & advertising during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Public Relations & Advertising School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of public relations & advertising for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 & advertising students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public relations & advertising students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt public relations & advertising students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public relations & advertising related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for public relations & advertising students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The public relations 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 the Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Relations & Advertising in Connecticut

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public relations & advertising.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Master's in Public Relations

1

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

31 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in public relations & advertising needs to take a look at Quinnipiac University. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in public relations & advertising from Quinnipiac University

2

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT

33 Annual Graduates

$49,333 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in public relations & advertising has to take a look at Sacred Heart University. Sacred Heart is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fairfield.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the public relations program earn an average of $49,333 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in public relations & advertising from Sacred Heart University

3

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

5 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Central Connecticut State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in public relations & advertising from Central Connecticut State University

4

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT

5 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Bridgeport if you want to pursue a master's degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the medium-sized city of Bridgeport, UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in public relations & advertising from University of Bridgeport

Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	181
New Hampshire	108	187

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Public Relations & Advertising Related Rankings by Major

Public Relations & Advertising is one of 5 different types of Communication & Journalism programs to choose from.

Public Relations Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	31
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	20
Public Relations	13
General Organizational Communication	5
International & Intercultural Communication	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	46
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	21
Journalism	19

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.