by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 PR Major in Ohio” ranking.
Public Relations is the 138th most popular major in the country with 5,216 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Ohio, there were 439 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 355 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,341 and $26,852 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio” ranking looked at 16 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public relations.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Otterbein University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio list. Westerville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s PR degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio list. Miami University - Oxford is located in Oxford, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 146 bachelors’s PR degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Capital University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s PR students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University landed the #4 spot on the list. Xavier is a medium-sized school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 23 bachelors’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.
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 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio. University of Akron Main Campus is located in Akron, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s PR degrees to qualified students.
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Cleveland State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #6. Cleveland State University is a public institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Notre Dame College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio list. NDC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 2 bachelors’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.
Baldwin Wallace University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio list. Located in Berea, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s PR students in 2020-2021.
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 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Ursuline College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio ranking. Pepper Pike, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s PR degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Kent State University at Kent ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio list. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school handed out 32 degrees to qualified bachelors’s PR students in 2020-2021.
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Franklin University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio ranking. Franklin University is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s PR degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Tiffin University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio list. Tiffin University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Tiffin, Ohio. It awarded 2 bachelors’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio ranking. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is located in Bowling Green, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s PR degrees to qualified students.
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Mount Vernon Nazarene University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio list. Mount Vernon, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s PR degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio ranking. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s PR degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Ashland University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Ohio ranking. Ashland University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ashland, Ohio. It awarded 0 bachelors’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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