Which Florida public relations and advertising program has the lowest debt?

FIU reports the lowest median federal debt, $12,000, with first-year pay of $34,435.

How much do public relations and advertising graduates earn in Florida?

The median across 11 Florida public relations and advertising bachelor's programs is $35,023 in the first year after graduating and $58,624 five years after.

Public Relations and Advertising (Bachelor's) Programs in Florida, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: How many public relations and advertising bachelor's programs are in Florida?

11 Florida programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

11 programs report first-year pay
11 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Florida public relations and advertising bachelor's program pays its graduates $35,023 in their first year, $4,654 less than the national median. University of Miami reports the highest first-year pay ($43,917), and FIU the lowest median debt ($12,000).

Median first-year pay$35,023National $39,677

Median pay after 5 years$58,624National $58,304

Median federal debt$18,750National $24,693

Debt-to-earnings50%National 62%

All 11 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	University of MiamiCoral Gables · private nonprofit	$43,917	$75,837	$18,000	41%
2	University of FloridaGainesville · public	$42,099	$72,397	$17,439	41%
3	Florida StateTallahassee · public	$41,060	$57,845	$13,849	34%
4	UCFOrlando · public	$37,388	$58,523	$18,750	50%
5	University of TampaTampa · private nonprofit	$36,977	$71,966	$25,000	68%
6	Florida Southern CollegeLakeland · private nonprofit	$35,023	$58,724	$25,955	74%
7	FIUMiami · public	$34,435	Not reported	$12,000	35%
8	USFTampa · public	$34,105	Not reported	$17,082	50%
9	Flagler CollegeSaint Augustine · private nonprofit	$32,713	Not reported	$23,125	71%
10	FAMUTallahassee · public	$28,516	$39,897	$26,625	93%
11	Full Sail UniversityWinter Park · private for-profit	$26,728	Not reported	$32,103	120%

Debt and first-year pay at every Florida public relations and advertising program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Florida medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 11 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to public relations and advertising, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Training and Development Specialists

$71,990

Median pay in Florida. 34,130 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 11% from 2025 to 2035, with about 46,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $38,370Top 10%: $118,190

Public Relations Specialists

$63,660

Median pay in Florida. 17,820 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 23,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $37,000Top 10%: $115,680

Human Resources Managers

$137,790

Median pay in Florida. 11,570 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 16,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $79,420Top 10%: $232,760

Fundraisers

$64,390

Median pay in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $40,880Top 10%: $128,100

Common questions

University of Miami in Coral Gables reports the highest median first-year pay, $43,917. Its median federal debt is $18,000.

Public Relations and Advertising (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked179 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Florida rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the public relations and advertising bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024