Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

The June 2026 College Scorecard release includes 73 published Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication program records across 72 institutions, with median four-year earnings of $65,248 and median federal debt of $24,000.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College ScorecardDownload source data ↗

Program records73institution and credential combinations

Institutions72distinct main-campus records

Median earnings$65,248median of published four-year medians

Median debt$24,000median of published program medians

01 · Published records

Which colleges publish Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication outcomes?

The field report includes 73 institution-and-credential records that each have at least 75 working graduates plus published four-year earnings and median federal debt.

02 · Comparison scope

How should Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication program records be compared?

This field contains 2 published credential levels: Bachelor's Degree, Associate's Degree. Earnings, debt, geography, and student populations differ across those credential groups.

Credential first

Certificate, associate, bachelor’s, and post-baccalaureate records represent different programs and student groups.

Earnings cohort

Four-year earnings cover graduates who were working and not enrolled after completion.

Federal debt

Debt is cumulative federal borrowing for a separate published cohort, not annual cost.

Evidence count

Each linked program record reports its working-graduate and borrower counts beside the published outcomes.

Answers at a glance

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication: frequently asked questions

The Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication FAQ covers 73 program records across 72 institutions; the records are unranked, and suppressed or undersized cohorts remain unpublished.

How many Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication program records are published?

This report contains 73 program records across 72 institutions that pass the site’s evidence and suppression rules.

Are the records ranked?

No. Records are listed with their published earnings, debt, credential, and evidence counts; the directory does not create a quality score.

Why are some colleges absent?

A college may not offer the field, may have a smaller cohort, or may have earnings or debt suppressed in the federal source.