2025 Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in Alabama

If you plan on getting your master's degree in public relations & advertising, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #60 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for public relations & advertising students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 93 master's degrees in public relations & advertising to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public relations & advertising students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public relations & advertising students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt public relations & advertising students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public relations & advertising related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for public relations & advertising students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The public relations school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in Alabama.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Relations & Advertising in Alabama

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public relations & advertising.

Top Alabama Schools for a Master's in Public Relations

1

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

47 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in public relations & advertising needs to check out The University of Alabama. UA is a very large public university located in the city of Tuscaloosa.More information about a master’s in public relations & advertising from The University of Alabama

2

Troy University
Troy, AL

46 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in public relations & advertising needs to take a look at Troy University. TROY is a large public university located in the remote town of Troy.More information about a master’s in public relations & advertising from Troy University

Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	151
Georgia	190	28
Virginia	182	24
North Carolina	178	24
Tennessee	166	4
Kentucky	147	17
Louisiana	147	7
South Carolina	146	8
Mississippi	145	30
Arkansas	121	34
West Virginia	112	93

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Public Relations & Advertising Related Rankings by Major

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

Public Relations Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Advertising	47
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	46

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	142
Journalism	46

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.