Having consistently been ranked as one of the top three advertising programs over the past 20 years by employers and competitors alike, our school is home to one of the largest undergraduate and graduate student populations of any university.

Members of our faculty have authored 100s of peer-reviewed articles, books and white papers touching on topics ranging from public relations practice to advertising metrics to Black-owned media to augmented reality to climate change information campaigns. This is the wide-ranging expertise that sets our coursework apart; students don't just learn how to do, they also learn how to think and how to affect change.

The Lab is a new experiential learning environment launching in 2021. The goal of The Lab is to ensure that all of our students are industry ready upon graduation by providing them with the learning and critical thinking skills they need for successful careers in advertising, media or public relations.

In 2012, the Belo Center for New Media opened, expanding the resources available to advertising and public relations students with an agency-grade “creative room” for teaching, presentation, and critique of creative work.