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

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In 2020-2021, 5,216 people earned their degree in public relations, making the major the 138th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 287 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on PR Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public relations. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public relations.

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

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

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

1

Bismarck State College
Bismarck, North Dakota

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bismarck State College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on PR Major in the Plains States Region. Bismarck State College is a small public school situated in Bismarck, North Dakota. It awarded 5 associates’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Relations at Bismarck State College

2

Western Iowa Tech Community College
Sioux City, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on PR Major in the Plains States Region list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Sioux City, Iowa. It awarded 2 associates’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western Iowa Tech Community College Public Relations Report

• 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.