2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended PR Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Public Relations is the 138th most popular major in the country with 5,216 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 710 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended PR Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public relations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular public relations programs in the United States.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended PR Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree pr students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#4 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended PR Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 66 degrees to qualified masters’s PR students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full USC Public Relations Report

2

Biola University
La Mirada, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Biola University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. La Mirada, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s PR degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Relations at Biola

• Most Popular Master’s 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.