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2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in New York

14 Colleges
$42,391 Avg Salary
$23,731 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising School for You

In 2020-2021, 366 degrees and certificates were awarded to public relations and advertising students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #64 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in New York to see which 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.

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

#1

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Syracuse University the most popular school in New York for public relations and advertising students. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Marist College

Poughkeepsie, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Marist College is a great place for public relations and advertising students. Located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie, Marist is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent programs at The City College of New York helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public relations and advertising schools in New York. CCNY is a fairly large public school located in the city of New York.

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#4

School of Visual Arts

New York, NY

Out of the 14 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, School of Visual Arts landed the # 4 spot on the list. SVA is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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The excellent programs at St John’s University - New York helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public relations and advertising schools in New York. STJ is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Queens.

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#6

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

Hofstra University 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. Hofstra is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hempstead.

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#7

Iona College

New Rochelle, NY

Iona College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for public relations and advertising students. It came in at #7 on the list. Iona is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of New Rochelle.

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Columbia University in the City 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 #8 on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#9

SUNY Oswego

Oswego, NY

With a ranking of #9, SUNY Oswego did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public relations and advertising students. SUNY Oswego is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Oswego.

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#10

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for public relations and advertising students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public college with a very large student population.

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

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 14 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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