2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Public Relations for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Public Relations for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Public Relations for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations and advertising. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public relations and advertising programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public relations and advertising program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Public Relations for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Public Relations for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree vets studying public relations.
Top 2 Best Public Relations & Advertising Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Public Relations for a Doctorate list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s public relations degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree vets studying public relations list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 50,476 students enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,893. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UT Austin Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Public Relations for a Doctorate list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s public relations degrees to qualified students.
OHIO Athens also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, OHIO Athens supports 25,714 students, and 726 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 324 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,725. During this same period, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Ohio University - Athens Campus]](/colleges/ohio-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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