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Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree School for You

With 422 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public relations and advertising is the #57 most popular major in North Carolina.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Carolina to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Relations & Advertising program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Wilmington the most popular school in North Carolina for public relations and advertising students working on their master’s degree. UNCW is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.

Women make up 80% of the public relations majors at the school.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at University of North Carolina at Wilmington Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in public relations at the school are women while 22% are male.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at North Carolina State University Report

Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 639
Virginia 84
Florida 1,747
Tennessee 281
Kentucky 453
South Carolina 347
Louisiana 133
Arkansas 134
Alabama 477
Mississippi 64
West Virginia 114

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

Majors Similar to Public Relations

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Journalism 13,552
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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.

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