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 “Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” 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 the New England region, there were 1,595 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,178 and $25,703 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 442 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern New Hampshire University is a large school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 187 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public relations degrees to 137 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the #3 spot on the list. Sacred Heart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Fairfield, Connecticut. It awarded 33 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized school located in Hamden, Connecticut that handed out 31 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Emerson College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s public relations students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Tufts University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Tufts is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 15 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Suffolk University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s public relations degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Bridgeport did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It awarded 5 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.
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Central Connecticut State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. New Britain, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public relations degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Western New England University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s public relations students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Western New England University
With a ranking of #11, Fitchburg State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s public relations students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
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