Advertising is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #149 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for advertising students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 82 degrees in advertising annually.
The advertising program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Advertising rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for advertising schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The advertising 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 Advertising Schools in Ohio.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the advertising degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student pursuing a degree in advertising needs to look into Kent State University at Kent. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #250 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Kent State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 31 advertising students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent data year.
Xavier University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in advertising. Located in the city of Cincinnati, Xavier is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 10th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 15 advertising students who graduated with this degree at Xavier in the most recent year we have data available.
Learn creative problem-solving skills and expand your knowledge in consumer behavior with an online associate in marketing degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Sinclair Community College is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in advertising. Sinclair Community College is a large public college located in the city of Dayton. This college ranks 19th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 21 advertising students who graduated with this degree at Sinclair Community College in the most recent data year.
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).
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The advertising program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Advertising rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for advertising schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
