2023 Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
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Ranked Colleges
100
Degrees Awarded
$42,000
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for PR for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 5,216 people earned their degree in public relations, making the major the 138th most popular in the United States.
Across District of Columbia, there were 231 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 100 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public relations programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the public relations program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for PR for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree vets studying pr.
Top 1 Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for PR for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 100 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s PR students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.According to our most recent data, The American University supports 14,001 students, and 613 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 388 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,027. On top of their other funding sources, 206 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at American University]](/colleges/american-university/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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