by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2021-2022, 5,039 people earned their degree in public relations, making the major the 138th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 649 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 615 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in public relations. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public relations.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree pr students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 227 bachelors’s pr degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 160 bachelors’s pr degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s pr degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Public Relations at Oral Roberts University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 144 bachelors’s pr degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #5 spot on the list. UH is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 33 bachelors’s pr degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Relations at University of Houston
Southern Methodist University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Northern Arizona University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on PR Major in the Southwest Region list. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 2 bachelors’s pr degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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