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2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in North Carolina

3 Colleges
$37,823 Avg Salary
$22,880 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising School for You

In 2020-2021, 33 degrees and certificates were awarded to public relations and advertising students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #109 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina.

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the most popular school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in North Carolina list. UNCW is a large public school located in the city of Wilmington.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at University of North Carolina at Wilmington Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Queens University of Charlotte is a great place for public relations and advertising students. Queens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 34
Florida 152
Georgia 28
Tennessee 4
Kentucky 34
Louisiana 16
Alabama 87
South Carolina 10
Mississippi 30
Arkansas 34
West Virginia 93

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

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 3 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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