2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in Texas

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In 2020-2021, 21,099 people earned their degree in public relations and advertising, making the major the 52nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, public relations and advertising graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,287 and had an average of $23,973 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 2,005 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,606 and $22,377 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,954 and $18,599 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in public relations and advertising. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public relations and advertising.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Texas”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in Texas

1

Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Del Mar College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Texas list. Del Mar College is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Tyler Junior College
Tyler, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Tyler Junior College landed the #2 spot on the list. Tyler Junior College is a public institution located in Tyler, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

El Paso Community College
El Paso, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, El Paso Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s public relations students in 2020-2021.

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4

South Plains College
Levelland, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Plains College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in Texas list. South Plains College is a public institution located in Levelland, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Southwest Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising

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.