2021 Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
8Colleges
2,369Bachelor's Degrees
$30,043Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in public relations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public relations & advertising programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public relations & advertising program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The public relations school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Relations Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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The University of Texas at Austin tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional public relations & advertising students. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population. UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 23,198 students at UT Austin that take at least one class online. 3,479 of UT Austin students are attending part time.
Southern Methodist University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at SMU is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. 912 of SMU students are exclusively distance learners. 3,019 of SMU students are attending part time.
Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best public relations & advertising schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population. Texas Tech also made our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #4.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 22,394 students at Texas Tech that take at least one class online. There are roughly 7,077 part time students in attendance at Texas Tech.
University of Houston earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston. UH also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Southwest Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UH is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 26,121 students take at least one class online at UH. There are roughly 13,663 part time students in attendance at UH.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Texas State University. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos. Texas State also made our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #6.
The student loan default rate at Texas State is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,921 students at Texas State that take at least one class online. 8,642 students are part time.
Northern Arizona University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. NAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 1.7% of NAU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 9,603 students take at least one class online at NAU. 6,368 of NAU students are attending part time.
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, OSU has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 10,181 students at OSU that take at least one class online. 5,006 of OSU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize The University of Texas at El Paso as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UTEP has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 2.7% of UTEP students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,163 students at UTEP that take at least one class online. 9,177 of UTEP students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
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