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2023 Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Schools

24 Colleges
$38,287 Avg Salary
$23,973 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 2,828 people earned a degree or certificate in public relations and advertising, making the major the #71 most popular in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the most popular online school in the United States for public relations and advertising students. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Out of the 24 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the # 2 spot on the list. WKU is a large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Schools list. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great place for public relations and advertising students pursuing an online degree. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 24 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 5 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

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Metropolitan State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best public relations and advertising programs. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Washington State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for public relations and advertising students. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a very large student population.

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#9

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

With a ranking of #9, Liberty University did quite well on this year’s best schools for public relations and advertising students. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

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University of Maryland Global Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Relations & Advertising Schools ranking. UMGC is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 24 schools only.

  • 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.

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