2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Michigan

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Michigan” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 1,409 people earned their degree in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication, making the major the 327th most popular in the United States.

Across Michigan, there were 30 other public relations, advertising, & applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 other public relations, advertising, & applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,104 and $24,884 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Michigan” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other public relations, advertising, & applied communication. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other public relations, advertising, & applied communication program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan bachelor’s degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Michigan

1

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

#6 overall quality in Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Michigan list. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Full WMU Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Report

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Alma College
Alma, Michigan

#24 overall quality in Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Alma College landed the #2 spot on the list. Alma is located in Alma, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Alma College

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.