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 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Mississippi Valley State University | 9300 | 26300 | 0.6459 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 5 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | Eastern Illinois University | 12500 | 24300 | 0.4857 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4659 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Northern Kentucky University | 14100 | 25900 | 0.4562 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 11 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 12 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4491 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 13 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 14 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15600 | 24200 | 0.3561 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.5567 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 16 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 18 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 19 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 20 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 21 | Keene State College | 17400 | 32100 | 0.4572 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 22 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 23 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 24 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 25 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 62200 | 0.6922 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 26 | Lee University | 19300 | 37400 | 0.4843 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 27 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19500 | 57300 | 0.6601 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 28 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 29 | Montana State University Billings | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2119 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 30 | University of Memphis | 20600 | 29600 | 0.3044 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 31 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 32 | Loras College | 21700 | 58400 | 0.6289 | 1,123 | 1110 | 0.9986 | |
| 33 | Southwest Baptist University | 22300 | 41200 | 0.4583 | 1,710 | 1082 | 0.6839 | |
| 34 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 35 | Central Washington University | 22800 | 27200 | 0.1616 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 36 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3664 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 36 | Monmouth College | 23100 | 61400 | 0.6234 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9093 | |
| 38 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 39 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 40 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 40 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 40 | Lewis University | 23900 | 57700 | 0.5856 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 43 | Saint Ambrose University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.5664 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 44 | American University | 24400 | 81600 | 0.7012 | 7,476 | 1375 | 0.6196 | |
| 45 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 46 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 47 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 48 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5046 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 48 | Western Kentucky University | 25600 | 41800 | 0.3875 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 50 | Salem State University | 25700 | 43200 | 0.4053 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5504 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 52 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 53 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36800 | 0.2909 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 53 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 55 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 56 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3859 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 57 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 57 | Hood College | 27000 | 71400 | 0.6214 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 59 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 60 | Oral Roberts University | 27400 | 52700 | 0.4799 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 61 | Freed-Hardeman University | 27700 | 35900 | 0.2284 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 62 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2289 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 63 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 64 | Colorado Christian University | 28100 | 64000 | 0.5609 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 65 | Winthrop University | 28300 | 38600 | 0.2663 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 66 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28400 | 32300 | 0.1207 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 67 | Gannon University | 29000 | 52900 | 0.4522 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 67 | Southern Methodist University | 29000 | 90100 | 0.6781 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 69 | Morgan State University | 29300 | 41900 | 0.301 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 70 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 71 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3665 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 71 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 42000 | 0.2926 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 73 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 74 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 75 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 57300 | 0.4677 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 75 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4411 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 77 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30700 | 69000 | 0.5544 | 3,312 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 78 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57000 | 0.4546 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 78 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 80 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 81 | Marquette University | 31900 | 66500 | 0.5203 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 82 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5371 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 82 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 84 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4368 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 85 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4769 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 87 | University of Oregon | 33000 | 38600 | 0.1444 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 88 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 89 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 90 | Biola University | 33600 | 71200 | 0.5283 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 90 | Drake University | 33600 | 68500 | 0.5089 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 90 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 90 | University of Central Missouri | 33600 | 35800 | 0.0636 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 94 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 95 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 96 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35300 | 66100 | 0.4662 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 96 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 98 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 98 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 100 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 101 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53100 | 0.2748 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 101 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 38500 | 50300 | 0.2348 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 103 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 104 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 105 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 106 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 107 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 108 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 109 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 110 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 111 | University of Georgia | 47100 | 52800 | 0.1082 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 112 | Columbia College Chicago | 52300 | 68600 | 0.2378 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 113 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 114 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 115 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 76600 | 0.0757 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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