2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Public Relations in District of Columbia

A master's degree in public relations is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #226 out of 1095 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Public Relations in District of Columbia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 123 master's degrees in public relations during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Relations in District of Columbia

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public relations.

Most Well Attended Schools for PR Students Working on Their Master's

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

87 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Georgetown University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in public relations. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in public relations in District of Columbia. More information about a master’s in public relations from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

36 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In DC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

George Washington University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in public relations. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in public relations in District of Columbia. More information about a master’s in public relations from George Washington University

 

Best Public Relations Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Relations Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	667	64
Maryland	342	4
New Jersey	323	31

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Public Relations Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to PR

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	79
Political Communication	55
International & Intercultural Communication	15
Health Communication	5

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.