Public Relations graduate program ranked in top three

The University of Florida offers one of the three best graduate programs in public relations, according to a national directory compiled by Bill Baxter at Marquette University and released in December.

Directors of 45 collegiate programs profiled in the directory, Graduate Study in Public Relations, were asked to name two of the best programs (other than their own).

The top three vote-getters were University of Maryland, 25 votes; Syracuse University, 23; and Florida, 18. The University of Georgia was fourth with six votes.

A second study released this year, Where Shall I Go to Study Advertising and Public Relations?, reported that UF has the largest of 101 advertising programs and largest of 143 public relations programs at the undergraduate level.