2025 Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in Nebraska

A degree in public relations & advertising is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #52 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in Nebraska ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 319 degrees in public relations & advertising to qualified students.

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The public relations 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 Schools in Nebraska. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Public Relations & Advertising in Nebraska

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 degree levels they offer.

Top Nebraska Schools in Public Relations

1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

251 Public Relations Degrees Awarded

$42,168 Median Starting Salary

University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great decision for students interested in a degree in public relations & advertising. UNL is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lincoln.

Students who receive their degree from the public relations program make an average of $42,168 in the first couple years of their career.

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2

Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Public Relations Degrees Awarded

$61,588 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in public relations & advertising needs to take a look at Bellevue University. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bellevue.

Public Relations & Advertising degree recipients from Bellevue University get an earnings boost of about $19,627 over the average earnings of public relations & advertising majors.

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Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	284	117
Missouri	283	341
Kansas	266	104
Iowa	264	289
North Dakota	210	30
South Dakota	204	27

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Public Relations & Advertising Related Rankings by Major

Public Relations & Advertising is one of 5 different types of Communication & Journalism programs to choose from.

Public Relations Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	174
Sports Communication	65
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	41
General Organizational Communication	21
Public Relations	12
Health Communication	6

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Most Popular Majors Related to Public Relations

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies	186
Journalism	145
Communication & Journalism (Other)	50
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	8
Publishing	2

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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.