by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 1,553 people earned their degree in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication, making the major the 327th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 216 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 134 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other public relations, advertising, and applied communication program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dalton State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region list. DSC is located in Dalton, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Methodist University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Methodist University Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morehead State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region. Morehead, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
Full Morehead State University Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Union University landed the #4 spot on the list. Union is a small school located in Jackson, Tennessee that handed out 8 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region list. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 18 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Tulane
Campbell University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Campbell University is a medium-sized school located in Buies Creek, North Carolina that handed out 4 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Campbell
Southern Adventist University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Collegedale, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Alderson Broaddus University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Philippi, West Virginia, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.
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