2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in Ohio

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Ohio” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Relations & Advertising is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 21,099 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Ohio, there were 784 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,454 and $24,260 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Ohio” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Ohio”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Ohio

The colleges and universities below are the best for ohio master’s degree public relations students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in Ohio

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Ashland University
Ashland, Ohio

Top 25% overall quality in Ohio

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ashland University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ashland, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s public relations students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Ashland University

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Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, Ohio

#9 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Ohio list. OHIO Athens is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Relations & Advertising at OHIO Athens

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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.