2025 Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

a bachelor's degree in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #204 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 421 bachelor's degrees in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other public relations, advertising, & applied communication students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other public relations, advertising, & applied communication students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other public relations, advertising, & applied communication related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other public relations, advertising, & applied communication students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Pennsylvania

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for other public relations, advertising, & applied communication students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

1

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

19 Annual Graduates

Temple University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication from Temple University

2

Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA

43 Annual Graduates

Duquesne University is a good decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Duquesne is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a bachelor’s in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication from Duquesne University

Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	49
Maryland	370	0

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Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Related Rankings by Major

Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is one of 10 different types of Public Relations & Advertising programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Advertising	194
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	142
Public Relations	78
General Organizational Communication	54
Sports Communication	38
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	8
Health Communication	2
Technical & Scientific Communication	2

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.