Considering a degree in Public Relations/Image Management?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Public Relations/Image Management majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Public Relations/Image Management degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington and Lee University | 3600 | 87100 | 0.9588 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 2 | Boston University | 4700 | 88800 | 0.9475 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 10700 | 29000 | 0.6306 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 5 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4727 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 6 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 7 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13800 | 22600 | 0.3893 | 2,005 | 865 | 0.5116 | |
| 8 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 40600 | 0.6307 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 10 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4463 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 12 | University of Florida | 15400 | 22300 | 0.3095 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 13 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3918 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 14 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | University of Southern California | 16300 | 71400 | 0.772 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 16 | Ferris State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.462 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 17 | Central Washington University | 16800 | 22700 | 0.2596 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 18 | Eastern Michigan University | 18500 | 36100 | 0.4881 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 19 | Montana State University Billings | 18600 | 29100 | 0.3609 | 3,881 | 1035 | 0.9991 | |
| 20 | University of Memphis | 18800 | 26400 | 0.2884 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 21 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 26900 | 0.2787 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 23 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 24 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 25 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 26 | Salem State University | 20200 | 28500 | 0.2912 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 27 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20900 | 88800 | 0.765 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 21000 | 70800 | 0.7038 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 29 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | Loras College | 21700 | 58400 | 0.628 | 1,169 | 1110 | 0.1854 | |
| 31 | Colorado Christian University | 22400 | 63300 | 0.6459 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 32 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 22600 | 56500 | 0.6004 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 33 | Saint Ambrose University | 22900 | 54500 | 0.5799 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 33 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 35 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23100 | 38000 | 0.3917 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 36 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 36 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.6225 | 727 | 1150 | 0.866 | |
| 38 | Oral Roberts University | 23500 | 55600 | 0.5778 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 38 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 38 | Utica University | 23500 | 41100 | 0.4279 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 41 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 42 | American University | 24400 | 82000 | 0.7026 | 7,476 | 1372 | 0.6187 | |
| 42 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 42 | Northern Michigan University | 24400 | 32900 | 0.2587 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 45 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52300 | 0.5237 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 45 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57400 | 0.5658 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 47 | Marquette University | 25300 | 65700 | 0.6145 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 49 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2983 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 50 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5038 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 51 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 52 | Point Park University | 26200 | 56800 | 0.5391 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 54 | Northern Kentucky University | 26600 | 31600 | 0.1581 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 55 | Webster University | 26800 | 54300 | 0.5061 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 56 | Capital University | 27000 | 68600 | 0.6065 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 57 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6207 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 58 | Lipscomb University | 28300 | 57600 | 0.5086 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 59 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 60 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 61 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57500 | 0.4866 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 62 | Keene State College | 29600 | 40700 | 0.273 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 63 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 64 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 64 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 81700 | 0.6355 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 66 | Gannon University | 30000 | 45300 | 0.3378 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 66 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 66 | San Jose State University | 30000 | 41000 | 0.2681 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 69 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 70 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 70 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 72 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 73 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5537 | 3,094 | 1105 | 0.8832 | |
| 74 | University of Rhode Island | 30900 | 46700 | 0.3383 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 75 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31200 | 53900 | 0.4211 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 75 | Rider University | 31200 | 64300 | 0.5146 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 77 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 78 | Freed-Hardeman University | 32000 | 35100 | 0.0884 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
| 78 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 80 | University of Central Missouri | 32100 | 34300 | 0.0643 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 81 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 82 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4766 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 83 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 84 | Appalachian State University | 33200 | 35800 | 0.0726 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 85 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 86 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 35100 | 0.0399 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 87 | Winthrop University | 33800 | 52500 | 0.3569 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 88 | Morgan State University | 34000 | 37200 | 0.086 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 88 | Taylor University | 34000 | 57600 | 0.4097 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 90 | Drake University | 34700 | 68500 | 0.4928 | 2,585 | 1226 | 0.6385 | |
| 91 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 47300 | 0.2515 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 91 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.421 | 1,185 | 1075 | 0.7876 | |
| 93 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 94 | Hofstra University | 38500 | 74600 | 0.4837 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 94 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 94 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 97 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 98 | Wayne State University | 39000 | 45500 | 0.1428 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 99 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 53300 | 0.2551 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 100 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4093 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 101 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 102 | Temple University | 40600 | 56100 | 0.2762 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 103 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 104 | Quinnipiac University | 41900 | 79200 | 0.4709 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 105 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 106 | Illinois State University | 45100 | 47300 | 0.0466 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 107 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 108 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 109 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 110 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 111 | Columbia College Chicago | 67200 | 67200 | 0 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 112 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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