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2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree School for You

Public Relations & Advertising is the #71 most popular major in the country with 2,828 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Relations & Advertising program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public relations majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Syracuse University the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for public relations and advertising students working on their master’s degree. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Syracuse.

Of the 165 students majoring in public relations at Syracuse, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Georgetown University is a great place for public relations and advertising students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 78% of the public relations majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 75% of the public relations majors at the school.

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#4

Marist College

Poughkeepsie, NY

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Marist College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public relations and advertising schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Marist is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Poughkeepsie.

About 80% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 20% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at The City College of New York helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public relations and advertising schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of New York, CCNY is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 65% of the public relations majors at the school.

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#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree public relations and advertising programs. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.

About 80% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#7

School of Visual Arts

New York, NY

School of Visual Arts landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree public relations and advertising programs. Located in the city of New York, SVA is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#8

American University

Washington, DC

American University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree public relations and advertising programs. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Women make up 68% of the public relations majors at the school.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at American University Report

St John’s University - New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for public relations and advertising students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 61% of the public relations majors at the school.

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#10

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 21 students majoring in public relations at Drexel, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges by State

Explore the best public relations and advertising schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 366
Pennsylvania 108
Maryland 10
New Jersey 59
District of Columbia 266
Delaware 1

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public relations and advertising has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Relations

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 25 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.

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