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2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$32,600 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in public relations and advertising. To top this list, a school must have a successful public relations and advertising program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree public relations students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 19 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s public relations degrees to qualified students.

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 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Public Relations & Advertising Report

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Billings, Montana, and it awarded 3 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.

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University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. University of Denver is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full DU Public Relations & Advertising Report

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Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Relations Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Idaho State University is a fairly large public school situated in Pocatello, Idaho. It awarded 0 masters’s public relations degrees in 2020-2021.

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