2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region

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Public Relations is the 138th most popular major in the country with 5,216 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 618 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public relations. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their public relations program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Public Relations in the Southwest Region

1

South Plains College
Levelland, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Plains College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region. South Plains College is a medium-sized school located in Levelland, Texas that handed out 2 associates’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Relations at South Plains College

2

Mesa Community College
Mesa, Arizona

Top 25% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Mesa, Arizona. It awarded 1 associates’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Relations at Mesa Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Public Relations

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.