2023 Most Popular Colleges for Public Relations in Mississippi

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended PR Major in Mississippi” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Mississippi, there were 21 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended PR Major in Mississippi” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in public relations.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Most Well Attended PR Major in Mississippi” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Well Attended PR Major in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended PR Major in Mississippi”.

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Public Relations in Mississippi

1

Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, Mississippi

$30,211 Average Early-Career Earnings

$32,672 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Valley State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in Mississippi list. This small school is located in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and it awarded 14 ’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Relations at Mississippi Valley State University

2

Mississippi College
Clinton, Mississippi

#3 overall quality in Mississippi

$40,349 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,471 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended PR Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the #2 spot on the list. MC is a small school located in Clinton, Mississippi that handed out 6 ’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full MC Public Relations Report

3

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

$39,480 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,080 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in Mississippi list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified ’s PR students in 2020-2021.

Full Southern Miss Public Relations Report

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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.