Program Payoff

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication programs in Ohio

16 schools in Ohio teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Ohio

Training and Development Specialists in Ohio earn a median of $64,780 a year across 17,690 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Ohio
Human Resources Managers$130,4808,040
Public Relations Specialists$64,8406,670
Fundraisers$64,0803,460
Health Education Specialists$64,8601,970
Community Health Workers$50,6501,910

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Ohio Media School-Cincinnati Norwood Undergraduate certificate $9,500 not published 3
Ohio Media School-Columbus Columbus Undergraduate certificate $15,833 not published 14
Ohio Media School-Valley View Valley View Undergraduate certificate $15,833 not published 10
Davis College Toledo Associate's degree not published 0
Franklin University Columbus Associate's degree not published 3
North Central State College Mansfield Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus Undergraduate certificate not published 8
Sinclair Community College Dayton Undergraduate certificate not published 12
Sinclair Community College Dayton Associate's degree not published 9
Stark State College North Canton Associate's degree not published 0
University of Akron Main Campus Akron Undergraduate certificate not published 34
University of Akron Wayne College Orrville Undergraduate certificate not published
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College Blue Ash Associate's degree not published
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati Undergraduate certificate not published 76
University of Toledo Toledo Undergraduate certificate not published
Youngstown State University Youngstown Associate's degree not published 0

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.