2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is the 170th most popular major in the country with 4,203 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Colorado, there were 423 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 396 public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree vets studying public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Top 2 Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado

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University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

1,379 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 385 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.According to our most recent data, University of Colorado Boulder supports 37,437 students, and 1,379 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 968 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,889. To help with additional expenses, 46 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

1,222 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2020-2021.

MSU Denver did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,222 of the 19,086 students enrolled at Metropolitan State University of Denver were GI Bill® students, of which 867 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,619. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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

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