Bachelor's Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings

Bachelor's Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings, ranked by median five-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 157 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$98,32147%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 2American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$94,95762%1381$42k$77k75%7,2663 mi 3University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California$89,35862%1295$41k$90k70%5,2872 mi 4Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York$83,64446%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 5Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas$81,21744%1298$37k$68k86%11,026246 mi 6The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$79,33727%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 7Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio$79,16075%1317$28k$55k80%16,656161 mi 8Miami University-HamiltonHamilton, Ohio$79,160——$11k$55k25%2,043164 mi 9Miami University-MiddletownMiddletown, Ohio$79,160——$11k$55k32%837150 mi 10Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$77,24161%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 11Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$77,24191%1248$20k$63k34%7,877124 mi 12Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania$77,24198%1227$23k$63k26%4,03157 mi 13Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, Pennsylvania$77,24198%1200$23k$63k26%1,2237 mi 14Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas$76,14363%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 15San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California$75,90485%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 16University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida$75,83719%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 17Long Island UniversityBrookville, New York$75,82186%1224$33k$60k57%5,5203 mi 18Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California$75,48263%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 19Drake UniversityDes Moines, Iowa$75,43664%1292$29k$72k74%2,543303 mi 20Chapman UniversityOrange, California$75,33665%1357$47k$70k82%7,47813 mi 21University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois$75,27742%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 22University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island$74,22572%1160$21k$70k73%13,3815 mi 23Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts$73,78883%—$29k$75k75%1,66940 mi 24University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia$73,50238%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 25Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut$73,08872%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 26University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$72,39724%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 27University of Florida-OnlineGainesville, Florida$72,39761%1338$5k$72k85%4,62743 mi 28Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York$72,15568%1319$34k$69k69%6,4886 mi 29Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington$71,98782%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 30The University of TampaTampa, Florida$71,96640%—$36k$59k64%10,5721 mi 31Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh, New York$71,60289%1150$26k$68k65%1,14814 mi 32Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan$71,44885%1269$20k$67k81%40,92271 mi 33Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$71,22568%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 34Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island$71,20188%1050$31k$43k55%3,8681 mi 35Johnson & Wales University-OnlineProvidence, Rhode Island$71,20191%—$20k$43k0%2,2021 mi 36University of OregonEugene, Oregon$71,11188%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi 37University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$70,55510%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 38San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$69,12336%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 39Pace UniversityNew York, New York$68,35276%1266$31k$70k60%7,665< 1 mi 40DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois$68,06476%1262$31k$69k68%14,0901 mi 41Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington$67,88777%1307$35k$75k76%4,0621 mi 42Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois$67,39582%1297$36k$72k73%11,737< 1 mi 43Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri$67,27374%950$16k$44k58%6,373320 mi 44University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania$67,15681%1237$33k$75k80%3,55487 mi 45North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois$66,95977%1213$21k$60k64%2,42828 mi 46Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey$66,88679%1227$25k$62k61%3,10624 mi 47University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina$66,66460%1297$23k$62k79%29,820101 mi 48Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, New York$66,37460%—$19k$63k81%7,6371 mi 49Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York$66,21269%1312$34k$64k76%4,24262 mi 50Carthage CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin$66,20287%1150$27k$57k64%2,6601 mi 51St. John's University-New YorkQueens, New York$65,27283%1244$30k$70k66%9,4774 mi 52Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts$64,78071%1274$41k$58k76%3,125< 1 mi 53University of PortlandPortland, Oregon$64,52189%1277$28k$83k80%2,95746 mi 54The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama$64,08977%1285$22k$59k73%33,227173 mi 55Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin$64,00881%1310$31k$78k83%7,6602 mi 56Otterbein UniversityWesterville, Ohio$63,90285%1220$19k$53k68%2,15790 mi 57Coe CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa$63,88964%1223$19k$57k66%1,164198 mi 58Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York$63,50267%1383$35k$77k70%13,21513 mi 59Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$63,38780%—$28k$64k75%20,9702 mi 60Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa$63,15389%1204$19k$63k75%25,367299 mi 61Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts$63,07351%1358$49k$63k77%3,8701 mi 62The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee$62,85942%1311$19k$60k74%30,418294 mi 63Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois$62,34988%1113$19k$62k65%19,057113 mi 64Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri$62,05991%1122$18k$50k58%13,313438 mi 65Northwood UniversityMidland, Michigan$61,16665%—$27k$63k63%1,97418 mi 66York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania$60,98374%1162$19k$61k64%3,26542 mi 67Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan$60,50590%1091$18k$56k59%10,03543 mi 68Wingate UniversityWingate, North Carolina$60,46091%1111$21k$53k46%2,668126 mi 69Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio$59,87981%1117$24k$48k64%12,81226 mi 70Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio$59,49686%1099$21k$45k64%19,32031 mi 71University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky$59,01193%1215$19k$59k71%24,763249 mi 72State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York$58,89681%1187$16k$58k60%5,4731 mi 73University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma$58,84777%1246$15k$63k75%22,734402 mi 74Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan$58,81481%1156$13k$53k58%15,5874 mi 75University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska$58,75087%1191$18k$57k67%19,178469 mi 76Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas$58,72973%1190$19k$62k69%32,394456 mi 77Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, Florida$58,72464%1252$29k$55k71%2,65630 mi 78Xavier UniversityCincinnati, Ohio$58,69986%1217$33k$65k69%4,207176 mi 79Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$58,67097%—$26k$46k59%2,331109 mi 80North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota$58,54195%1150$16k$62k64%9,471222 mi 81University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida$58,52340%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 82Loras CollegeDubuque, Iowa$58,304100%—$21k$58k68%1,083145 mi 83University of VermontBurlington, Vermont$58,21165%1374$19k$62k79%11,74366 mi 84Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan$57,95185%—$15k$54k58%12,56836 mi 85Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$57,85584%1276$38k$75k77%5,350110 mi 86Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida$57,84524%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 87University of HoustonHouston, Texas$57,78574%1250$14k$62k65%38,38017 mi 88University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa$57,63693%1122$16k$55k68%7,529234 mi 89Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia$57,56188%1053$15k$53k55%21,79053 mi 90Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas$57,47189%1103$17k$57k55%36,177112 mi 91Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey$57,43778%1212$22k$60k67%15,84112 mi 92State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, New York$57,30178%1165$17k$56k59%3,76946 mi 93The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas$57,29280%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 94Northwest UniversityKirkland, Washington$56,91983%1150$22k$55k71%6458 mi 95Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended EducationKirkland, Washington$56,919——$36k$55k50%4058 mi 96Columbia College ChicagoChicago, Illinois$56,60789%—$27k$42k52%5,3681 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.