2025 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #105 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for public relations, advertising, & applied communication students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 56 bachelor's degrees in public relations, advertising, & applied communication to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public relations, advertising, & applied communication students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public relations, advertising, & applied communication students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public relations, advertising, & applied communication related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public relations, advertising, & applied communication students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Louisiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

1

Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

24 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Loyola University New Orleans if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, & applied communication from Loyola University New Orleans

2

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

32 Annual Graduates

University of Louisiana at Lafayette is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, & applied communication. UL Lafayette is a large public university located in the city of Lafayette.More information about a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, & applied communication from University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	752
Tennessee	460	17
North Carolina	453	20
Georgia	453	178
South Carolina	370	14
Kentucky	331	9
Alabama	320	3
Arkansas	294	38
Mississippi	275	16
West Virginia	223	5

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Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Related Rankings by Major

Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is one of 10 different types of Public Relations & Advertising programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Sports Communication	3
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	3

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz. More about our data sources and methodologies.