by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Relations & Advertising is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 21,099 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Plains States region, there were 1,308 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,683 and $24,198 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations and advertising. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their public relations and advertising program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree public relations students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Plains States Region list. BSC is located in Bismarck, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 associates’s public relations degrees to qualified students.
Full Bismarck State College Public Relations & Advertising Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Evangel University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Plains States Region. Evangel is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 1 associates’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Plains States Region. Western Iowa Tech Community College is located in Sioux City, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s public relations degrees to qualified students.
Full Western Iowa Tech Community College Public Relations & Advertising Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s public relations students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Creighton University
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