A program that focuses on the theories and methods for managing the media image of a business, organization, or individual and the communication process with stakeholders, constituencies, audiences, and the general public; and that prepares individuals to function as public relations assistants, technicians, and managers. Includes instruction in public relations theory; related principles of advertising, marketing, and journalism; message/image design; image management; special event management; media relations; community relations; public affairs; and internal communications.
| School | State | Control | CCCU Member | ABHE Member | Total Bachelor's Degrees | Total Bachelor's Programs | Bachelor's Programs Partially Online | Bachelor's Programs Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Idaho | ID | Public | No | No | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Vermont University | VT | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rowan University | NJ | Public | No | No | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin College | IN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Arizona University | AZ | Public | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame College | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hampton University | VA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinnipiac University | CT | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Illinois State University | IL | Public | No | No | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Averett University | VA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado Christian University | CO | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Washington and Lee University | VA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Adventist University | TN | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Capital University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll College | MT | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Baldwin Wallace University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras | PR | Public | No | No | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri Valley College | MO | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian College | MI | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson-Newman University | TN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elizabethtown College | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Dakota State University | SD | Public | No | No | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Columbia College Chicago | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Rhode Island | RI | Public | No | No | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gonzaga University | WA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Monmouth College | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University | FL | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry University | FL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Florida-Online | FL | Public | No | No | 65 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Huntington University | IN | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Point Park University | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lipscomb University | TN | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Westminster College | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Susquehanna University | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Syracuse University | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Belmont University | TN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominican University | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harding University | AR | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa State University | IA | Public | No | No | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent State University at Kent | OH | Public | No | No | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rider University | NJ | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oral Roberts University | OK | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Ambrose University | IA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Southern University | GA | Public | No | No | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dordt University | IA | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Jose State University | CA | Public | No | No | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindenwood University | MO | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashland University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Michigan University | MI | Public | No | No | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis University | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walla Walla University | WA | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ursuline College | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| York College of Pennsylvania | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Georgia | GA | Public | No | No | 132 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keene State College | NH | Public | No | No | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake University | IA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hood College | MD | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Houston | TX | Public | No | No | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Florida | FL | Public | No | No | 195 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Long Island University | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freed-Hardeman University | TN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Methodist University | TX | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SUNY College at Oswego | NY | Public | No | No | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Otterbein University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SUNY at Fredonia | NY | Public | No | No | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Mary | ND | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Loras College | IA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies | MO | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne State University | MI | Public | No | No | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| California State University-Long Beach | CA | Public | No | No | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Suffolk University | MA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Webster University | MO | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | Public | No | No | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alderson Broaddus University | WV | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota State University Moorhead | MN | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Illinois University | IL | Public | No | No | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Mercy University | IA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seton Hall University | NJ | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Winthrop University | SC | Public | No | No | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Memphis | TN | Public | No | No | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | SC | Public | No | No | 153 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | LA | Public | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salem State University | MA | Public | No | No | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Utica University | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Southwest Baptist University | MO | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas Tech University | TX | Public | No | No | 146 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Penn University | IA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Campbellsville University | KY | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oakwood University | AL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drury University | MO | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Miami | FL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami University-Oxford | OH | Public | No | No | 146 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley University | IL | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas State University | TX | Public | No | No | 201 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Appalachian State University | NC | Public | No | No | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | FL | Public | No | No | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Montana State University Billings | MT | Public | No | No | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Eastern Kentucky University | KY | Public | No | No | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland State University | OH | Public | No | No | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Washington University | WA | Public | No | No | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Michigan University | MI | Public | No | No | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Jones University | SC | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquette University | WI | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Kentucky University | KY | Public | No | No | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee University | TN | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor University | IN | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington State University | WA | Public | No | No | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester University | IN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri State University-Springfield | MO | Public | No | No | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Concordia University-Wisconsin | WI | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Avila University | MO | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Missouri Baptist University | MO | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | OH | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi Valley State University | MS | Public | No | No | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce | PR | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | IN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Southern California | CA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| American University | DC | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Northwestern-St Paul | MN | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Central Missouri | MO | Public | No | No | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston University | MA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Western New England University | MA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Public | No | No | 139 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Oregon | OR | Public | No | No | 244 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| The University of Alabama | AL | Public | No | No | 194 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Northern Iowa | IA | Public | No | No | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gannon University | PA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Michigan University | MI | Public | No | No | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi College | MS | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce | PR | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan State University | MD | Public | No | No | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buena Vista University | IA | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Auburn University | AL | Public | No | No | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray State University | KY | Public | No | No | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Northwest Missouri State University | MO | Public | No | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hofstra University | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | IL | Private Non-Profit | Yes | No | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Temple University | PA | Public | No | No | 92 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferris State University | MI | Public | No | No | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Culver-Stockton College | MO | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Kentucky University | KY | Public | No | No | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mercy College | NY | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Akron Main Campus | OH | Public | No | No | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | CA | Public | No | No | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SUNY College at Plattsburgh | NY | Public | No | No | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiffin University | OH | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brigham Young University | UT | Private Non-Profit | No | No | 88 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| School | State | Control | CCCU Member | ABHE Member | Total Bachelor's Degrees | Total Bachelor's Programs | Bachelor's Programs Partially Online | Bachelor's Programs Fully Online |