2025 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
323Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in public relations, advertising, & applied communication, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #170 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 323 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. For our Best Overall Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
Pick Your Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degree Level
The public relations, advertising, and applied communication school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in the Plains States Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the public relations, advertising, and applied communication degree levels they offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
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. For our Best Overall Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
