2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 21,099 people earned their degree in public relations and advertising, making the major the 52nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, public relations and advertising graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,287 and had an average of $23,973 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 3,669 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,239 and $24,698 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public relations and advertising. That schools that top this list have a program in public relations and advertising in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree public relations students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Great Lakes Region

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Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at OHIO Athens

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full IUPUI Public Relations & Advertising Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising

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.