2025 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #105 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 102 bachelor's degrees in public relations, advertising, & applied communication during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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 much a school focuses on public relations, advertising, & applied communication students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 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 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

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

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

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

1

Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY

58 Annual Graduates

Ithaca College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Located in the suburb of Ithaca, Ithaca is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, & applied communication from Ithaca College

2

Canisius College
Buffalo, NY

14 Annual Graduates

Canisius College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Canisius is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Buffalo.More information about a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, & applied communication from Canisius College

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	698	121
Maryland	370	3
New Jersey	351	1
District of Columbia	226	115

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

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

Majors Similar to Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	280
Advertising	239
Public Relations	239
Sports Communication	56
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	39
General Organizational Communication	28
International & Intercultural Communication	12
Political Communication	4
Technical & Scientific Communication	4

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.