2025 Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in Massachusetts
6Colleges in Massachusetts
685Public Relations Degrees Awarded
$41,961Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in public relations & advertising is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #52 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of public relations & advertising. Combined, these schools handed out 685 degrees in public relations & advertising to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Public Relations & Advertising School
The public relations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Relations & Advertising rankings. We derive our Best Overall Public Relations & Advertising School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Public Relations & Advertising Rankings by Degree Level
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 Schools in Massachusetts.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Learn how to use the latest technology and tactics to manage the flow of information between brands and the public with your Master's in Communication with a concentration in Public Relations at Southern New Hampshire University.
Keep your skills and knowledge at the forefront of new media technologies with this specialized online master's from Southern New Hampshire University.
Best Schools for Public Relations & Advertising in Massachusetts
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the public relations degree levels they offer.
It is hard to beat Boston University if you want to pursue a degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were about 404 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available. Those public relations & advertising students who get their degree from Boston University receive $32,021 more than the standard public relations grad.
Any student pursuing a degree in public relations & advertising has to take a look at Emerson College. Emerson is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #127 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Emerson is a great college overall.
There were roughly 68 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at Emerson in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the public relations program state that they receive average early career wages of $28,606.
It's hard to beat Suffolk University if you wish to pursue a degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #280 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Suffolk is a great university overall.
There were about 110 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at Suffolk in the most recent year we have data available. Those public relations & advertising students who get their degree from Suffolk University receive $2,902 more than the standard public relations grad.
Endicott College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the suburb of Beverly, Endicott is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 22nd out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 15 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at Endicott in the most recent year we have data available. Those public relations & advertising students who get their degree from Endicott College receive $5,942 more than the typical public relations graduate.
Located in the city of Worcester, Assumption is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 48th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 25 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at Assumption in the most recent data year. Public Relations & Advertising degree recipients from Assumption University get an earnings boost of approximately $9,153 above the typical earnings of public relations & advertising graduates.
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).
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The public relations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Relations & Advertising rankings. We derive our Best Overall Public Relations & Advertising School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
