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2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

43 Colleges
$42,450 Avg Salary
$25,158 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising 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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 43 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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.

Check out the public relations programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Middle Atlantic Region .

#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. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Syracuse.

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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. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great place for public relations and advertising students. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#4

Marist College

Poughkeepsie, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marist College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Marist is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie.

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#5

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.

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The City College of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for public relations and advertising students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of New York, CCNY is a public college with a large student population.

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#7

School of Visual Arts

New York, NY

School of Visual Arts ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New York, SVA is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#8

American University

Washington, DC

With a ranking of #8, American University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public relations and advertising students. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at American University Report

St John’s University - New York landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular public relations and advertising programs. Located in the large city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

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

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Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges by State

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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 28 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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