2025 Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in Minnesota
4Colleges in Minnesota
248Public 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for public relations & advertising students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 248 degrees in public relations & advertising annually.
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.
Choosing a Great Public Relations & Advertising School
Your choice of public relations & advertising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Public Relations & Advertising Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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 Minnesota
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 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you wish to pursue a degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were approximately 176 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
Minnesota State University - Mankato is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.More information about a degree in public relations & advertising from Minnesota State University - Mankato
University of St Thomas Minnesota is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in public relations & advertising. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #106 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UST MN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 17 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in public relations & advertising needs to check out Minnesota State University - Moorhead. MSU Moorhead is a small public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead. This university ranks 30th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 14 public relations & advertising students who graduated with this degree at MSU Moorhead in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, public relations degree recipients usually make around $39,198 at the beginning of their careers.
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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Your choice of public relations & advertising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
