by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 New Jersey, there were 354 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,432 and $23,042 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 59 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 8 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Peter’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey. Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s public relations students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rider University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey. Lawrenceville, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public relations degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey list. William Paterson University of New Jersey is a medium-sized school located in Wayne, New Jersey that handed out 10 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey. Rowan University is a fairly large school located in Glassboro, New Jersey that handed out 12 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Seton Hall University landed the #5 spot on the list. Seton Hall University is located in South Orange, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s public relations degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #6, Kean University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey list. Union, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public relations degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Monmouth University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey ranking. West Long Branch, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public relations degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Ramapo College of New Jersey did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in New Jersey ranking, coming in at #8. Mahwah, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public relations degrees to 0 students 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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