2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is the 288th most popular major in the country with 1,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 264 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 264 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$14,698 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 84 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,698 for southwest region bachelor’s degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$12,675 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 164 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to qualified students.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NAU is $12,675 for southwest region bachelor’s degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#3

Saint Edward's University

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$23,929 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Edward’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Austin, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Edward’s University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Edward’s University is $23,929 for southwest region bachelor’s degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Saint Edward’s University

#4

Abilene Christian University

Abilene, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$25,207 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Abilene Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Abilene Christian also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $25,207 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Abilene Christian University.

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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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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