by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Relations & Advertising is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 21,275 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , public relations & advertising graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $38,341 and had an average of $24,610 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maryland, there were 108 public relations & advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,880 and $31,000 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in public relations & advertising. That schools that top this list have a program in public relations & advertising in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Maryland”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified ’s public relations students in 2021-2022.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Hood College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Frederick, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified ’s public relations students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Notre Dame of Maryland University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 2 ’s public relations degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Maryland list. Towson, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s public relations degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Maryland list. University of Baltimore is a small school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 0 ’s public relations degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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