2023 Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in New Jersey

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in New Jersey” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is the 170th most popular major in the country with 4,203 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New Jersey, there were 36 public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in New Jersey” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in New Jersey”.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in New Jersey

1

Saint Peter's University
Jersey City, New Jersey

$45,418 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,487 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Peter’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Jersey City, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

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Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey

#10 overall quality in New Jersey

$45,169 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,713 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in New Jersey list. Glassboro, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.