by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Texas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 5,216 people earned their degree in public relations, making the major the 138th most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 605 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 591 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Texas” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree pr students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Texas list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 201 bachelors’s PR degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Texas list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 146 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s PR students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Texas list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s PR degrees to 139 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #4 spot on the list. UH is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 81 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in Texas list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s PR students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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