Public Relations Advertising and Applied Communication

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 09.0900 - 09.0999.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 491 institutions across the United States, with a total of 62838 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

981

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

469

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

15,715

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

307

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

3,129

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

42,172

awards given

Top Schools for Public Relations Advertising and Applied Communication

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	2,361
2	Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY	1,875
3	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	1,645
4	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	1,386
5	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	1,371
6	Boston University Boston, MA	1,279
7	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	1,260
8	University of Georgia Athens, GA	1,258
9	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	1,214
10	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1,195
11	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	1,110
12	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	1,086
13	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	1,047
14	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	971
15	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	954
16	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	825
17	Washington State University Pullman, WA	813
18	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	735
19	Florida International University Miami, FL	666
20	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	664
21	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	654
22	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	651
23	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	606
24	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	564
25	Georgetown University Washington, DC	558
26	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	552
27	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	549
28	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	538
29	DePaul University Chicago, IL	510
30	Elon University Elon, NC	501
31	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	498
32	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	483
33	University of Houston Houston, TX	480
34	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	461
35	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	459
36	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	453
37	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	453
38	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	435
39	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	432
40	American University Washington, DC	420
41	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	420
42	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	417
43	George Washington University Washington, DC	408
44	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	402
45	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	384
46	The University of Tampa Tampa, FL	369
47	Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN	360
48	Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR	360
49	Universidad del Sagrado Corazon Santurce, PR	360
50	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	357
51	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	357
52	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	351
53	Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	336
54	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	333
55	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	327
56	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	324
57	University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	306
58	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	303
59	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	297
60	Howard University Washington, DC	288
61	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	288
62	Butler University Indianapolis, IN	282
63	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	273
64	Auburn University Auburn, AL	258
65	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	255
66	California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CA	243
67	Iowa State University Ames, IA	240
68	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	234
69	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	234
70	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	234
71	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	233
72	Suffolk University Boston, MA	228
73	Ball State University Muncie, IN	225
74	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	219
75	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	210
76	Pace University New York, NY	207
77	University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL	207
78	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	201
79	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	198
80	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	198
81	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI	197
82	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	195
83	Chapman University Orange, CA	195
84	Illinois State University Normal, IL	195
85	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	192
86	Drake University Des Moines, IA	189
87	Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT	183
88	University of Mississippi University, MS	183
89	Miami Media School Doral, FL	183
90	Murray State University Murray, KY	183
91	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	180
92	University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK	177
93	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	174
94	California Baptist University Riverside, CA	174
95	Emerson College Boston, MA	165
96	Siena College Loudonville, NY	165
97	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	162
98	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	162
99	State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	162
100	University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI	156