2024 Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #32 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 268 bachelor's degrees in public relations & advertising to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Public Relations & Advertising School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of public relations & advertising for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public relations & advertising students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public relations & advertising students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt public relations & advertising students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public relations & advertising related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public relations & advertising students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Relations & Advertising in Wisconsin

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Relations

1

Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

103 Annual Graduates

$39,449 Median Starting Salary

$25,000 Median Student Debt

Marquette University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public relations program state that they receive average early career wages of $39,449.

More information about a bachelor’s in public relations & advertising from Marquette University

2

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI

52 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire is a wonderful option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the city of Eau Claire, UW - Eau Claire is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public relations & advertising from University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

3

University of Wisconsin - River Falls
River Falls, WI

64 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Wisconsin - River Falls if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public relations & advertising from University of Wisconsin - River Falls

4

Carthage College
Kenosha, WI

8 Annual Graduates

$42,342 Median Starting Salary

Carthage College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising. Carthage is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized suburb of Kenosha.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the public relations program make around $42,342 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in public relations & advertising from Carthage College

5

University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI

24 Annual Graduates

$24,000 Median Student Debt

Located in the small city of Oshkosh, UW Oshkosh is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public relations & advertising from University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	1,167
Ohio	252	576
Illinois	241	811
Indiana	235	287

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Public Relations & Advertising Related Rankings by Major

Public Relations & Advertising is one of 5 different types of Communication & Journalism programs to choose from.

Public Relations Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	100
Advertising	56
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	52
Public Relations	50
General Organizational Communication	8
Technical & Scientific Communication	2

Majors Similar to Public Relations

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	1,239
Journalism	312
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	51
Communication & Journalism (Other)	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz. More about our data sources and methodologies.