2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Texas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is the 327th most popular major in the country with 1,553 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Texas, there were 7 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 7 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Texas

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 Texas”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Texas

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Abilene Christian University
Abilene, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Abilene Christian University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Texas. Abilene Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Abilene Christian University Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Report

2

Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Our Lady of the Lake University landed the #2 spot on the list. OLLU is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.

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Saint Edward's University
Austin, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Edward’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Texas list. St. Edward’s University is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at St. Edward’s University

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in the Southwest Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.