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

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #204 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 105 bachelor's degrees in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of other public relations, advertising, & applied communication for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality public relations, advertising, and applied communication program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication.

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

1

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, AR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

49 Annual Graduates

Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a good option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication from Arkansas State University - Main Campus

2

Dalton State College
Dalton, GA

24 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication needs to check out Dalton State College. Located in the small city of Dalton, DSC is a public college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication from Dalton State College

3

Morehead State University
Morehead, KY

20 Annual Graduates

Morehead State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Morehead State University is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Morehead.More information about a bachelor’s in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication from Morehead State University

Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Colleges by State

Explore the best other public relations, advertising, & applied communication schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Tennessee	460	9
North Carolina	453	14
Georgia	453	21
Kentucky	331	31
Louisiana	306	18
Arkansas	294	41
West Virginia	223	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 Majors Related to Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations	1,201
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	958
Advertising	921
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	332
Sports Communication	126
General Organizational Communication	123
Technical & Scientific Communication	14
Health Communication	5
Political 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.