2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Mississippi

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #114 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the most popular for public relations, advertising, and applied communication students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9 bachelor's degrees in public relations, advertising, and applied communication during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Mississippi

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Most Well Attended Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

9 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MS

University of Southern Mississippi is a popular option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. Southern Miss is a fairly large public university located in the city of Hattiesburg. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in public relations, advertising, and applied communication in Mississippi. More information about a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from University of Southern Mississippi

2

Belhaven University
Jackson, MS

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Belhaven University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Jackson. More information about a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from Belhaven University

Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	473	379
Georgia	447	145
Tennessee	445	15
North Carolina	434	195
Virginia	417	0
South Carolina	353	15
Kentucky	318	173
Louisiana	295	50
Arkansas	287	37
West Virginia	235	2

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

One of 10 majors within the Public Relations & Advertising area of study, Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations	13
Sports Communication	4
Advertising	1

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.