by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Public Relations is the 138th most popular major in the country with 5,216 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 152 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in public relations. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in public relations.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois pr students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois list. Normal, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s PR degrees to 89 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified ’s PR students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 13 ’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #4 spot on the list. Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 ’s PR degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Olivet Nazarene University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois list. Olivet Nazarene is a small school located in Bourbonnais, Illinois that handed out 8 ’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Relations at Olivet Nazarene University
Lewis University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #6. Romeoville, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s PR degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Bradley University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #6. Bradley University is a medium-sized school located in Peoria, Illinois that handed out 6 ’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Monmouth College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended PR Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Monmouth, Illinois, and it awarded 4 ’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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