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Best Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 69 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 University of Colorado Boulder CO $47,550 $85,274 $81,136
2 Miami University OH $50,611 $81,760 $110,004 $90,744
3 University of Texas at Austin TX $52,332 $81,061 $112,664 $88,014
4 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $47,959 $78,953 $115,999 $86,005
5 Pennsylvania State University (The) PA $47,410 $78,752 $105,989 $80,277
6 Quinnipiac University CT $47,089 $78,691 $111,405 $68,249
7 Fashion Institute of Technology NY $46,365 $74,419 $99,554 $56,378
8 University of Oklahoma OK $45,437 $73,143 $93,789 $84,853
9 University of Oregon OR $44,298 $72,452 $94,989 $63,388
10 University of Georgia GA $44,444 $72,343 $96,186 $79,937
11 Loyola University Chicago IL $45,705 $72,294 $98,141 $78,752
12 Elmhurst University IL $56,877 $70,944 $86,929 $77,281
13 Texas Tech University TX $41,376 $66,216 $87,430 $71,896
14 Dominican University IL $44,263 $65,035 $97,751 $70,844
15 Kennesaw State University GA $42,084 $64,734 $69,154 $71,529
16 University of Texas at Arlington TX $46,270 $64,280 $77,742 $69,794
17 University of Houston TX $41,674 $63,978 $79,787 $69,466
18 Illinois State University IL $41,885 $63,807 $81,094 $69,507
19 Concordia College - Moorhead MN $44,398 $63,451 $91,143 $67,429
20 Weber State University UT $42,371 $63,004 $76,958 $60,873

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.