Ranked #32 in popularity, public relations & advertising is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for public relations & advertising students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 117 bachelor's degrees in public relations & advertising to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Featured Public Relations & Advertising Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Loyola University New Orleans is a wonderful option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising. Loyola New Orleans is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New Orleans.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the public relations program earn around $35,993 in their early career salary.
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising needs to look into Tulane University of Louisiana. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New Orleans.
Bachelor's recipients from the public relations & advertising program at Tulane University of Louisiana earn $4,547 above the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in public relations & advertising needs to check out University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Located in the midsize city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public relations program report average early career income of $28,936.
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).