by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 796 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,301 and $20,730 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 5 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree public relations students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University - Billings. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Billings, Montana, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s public relations students in 2020-2021.
Full Montana State University - Billings Public Relations & Advertising Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public relations degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Colorado State University - Fort Collins
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 0 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s public relations students in 2020-2021.
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