by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended PR Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 603 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended PR Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in public relations. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in public relations.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree pr students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended PR Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 201 bachelors’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 146 bachelors’s PR degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended PR Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 139 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s PR students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 81 bachelors’s PR degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended PR Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 24 degrees to qualified bachelors’s PR students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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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Oral Roberts University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s PR degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s PR degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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