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

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Hampshire ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 546 bachelor's degrees in public relations & advertising during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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 colleges 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 New Hampshire list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top New Hampshire Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Relations

1

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH

534 Annual Graduates

$40,928 Median Starting Salary

$27,799 Median Student Debt

Southern New Hampshire University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public relations program report average early career earnings of $40,928.

More information about a bachelor’s in public relations & advertising from Southern New Hampshire University

2

Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, NH

6 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Franklin Pierce University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the rural area of Rindge, Franklin Pierce is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public relations & advertising from Franklin Pierce University

Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	206
Connecticut	183	150
Rhode Island	157	169
Maine	156	12
Vermont	155	59

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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
General Organizational Communication	533
Sports Communication	6
Public Relations	5
Advertising	1
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	1

Majors Similar to Public Relations

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	286
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	12
Communication & Journalism (Other)	5
Journalism	2

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.