2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public relations. That schools that top this list have a program in public relations in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree pr students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in the Plains States Region

1

Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #1 spot on the list. Webster University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s PR degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Relations at Webster

2

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

#25 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Plains States Region. University of Northern Iowa is a public institution located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Public Relations at University of Northern Iowa

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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).
• 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.