2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in Virginia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 84 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in public relations and advertising. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular public relations and advertising programs in the United States.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 4 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in Virginia

1

Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia

#24 overall quality in Virginia

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Hampton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hampton, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Hampton University

2

Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia

#3 overall quality in Virginia

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington and Lee University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lexington, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public relations students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Washington and Lee Public Relations & Advertising Report

3

Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public relations students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Relations & Advertising at Regent

4

Averett University
Danville, Virginia

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Averett University landed the #4 spot on the list. Averett University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Danville, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Relations & Advertising at AU

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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.