2025 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the Great Lakes Region
8Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
455Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #170 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 455 degrees in public relations, advertising, & applied communication annually.
Choosing a Great Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication School
The public relations, advertising, and applied communication program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public relations, advertising, & applied communication schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
Michigan State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were about 10 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
67Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
Ball State University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #181 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ball State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 67 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Bradley University if you wish to pursue a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Peoria. This university ranks 19th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 25 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Bradley in the most recent year we have data available.
136Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
It is hard to beat Grand Valley State University if you want to pursue a degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. GVSU is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Allendale. A Best Colleges rank of #342 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GVSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 136 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent year we have data available.
UW Oshkosh is a fairly large public university located in the city of Oshkosh. This university ranks 34th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 24 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at UW Oshkosh in the most recent year we have data available.
60Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
UW - River Falls is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of River Falls. This university ranks 26th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 60 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at UW - River Falls in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #443 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Oakland is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent year we have data available.
Albion is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Albion. This college ranks 42nd out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 8 public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who graduated with this degree at Albion in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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The public relations, advertising, and applied communication program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public relations, advertising, & applied communication schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
