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 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | Eastern Illinois University | 12400 | 24300 | 0.4867 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 9 | Western Kentucky University | 12700 | 27000 | 0.5296 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 13300 | 92800 | 0.8568 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 11 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 13 | Northern Kentucky University | 14100 | 25900 | 0.4562 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 14 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 15 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 16 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.5519 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 17 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 18 | Salem State University | 17200 | 28500 | 0.3964 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 19 | Keene State College | 17300 | 41400 | 0.5813 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 20 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 21 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 22 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3501 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 23 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 24 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 25 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 26 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 62200 | 0.691 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 27 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 28 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19500 | 57300 | 0.6601 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 29 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3555 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 30 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1714 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 30 | Montana State University Billings | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2119 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 32 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 33 | University of Memphis | 20600 | 29600 | 0.3044 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 34 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 35 | Washington State University | 21300 | 36200 | 0.4119 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 36 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6268 | 1,123 | 1110 | 0.9986 | |
| 37 | Southwest Baptist University | 22300 | 41200 | 0.4589 | 1,710 | 1082 | 0.6839 | |
| 38 | Central Washington University | 22800 | 27200 | 0.1616 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 39 | Monmouth College | 23300 | 61400 | 0.6214 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9093 | |
| 40 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3197 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 41 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 42 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 43 | Lewis University | 24000 | 57700 | 0.5838 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 43 | Saint Ambrose University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.5664 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 45 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5697 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 46 | American University | 24400 | 81600 | 0.7012 | 7,476 | 1375 | 0.6196 | |
| 47 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1082 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 49 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5027 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 50 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 51 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 26100 | 57600 | 0.5469 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 53 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 26300 | 31100 | 0.1544 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 54 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 55 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 56 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6198 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 56 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 58 | Oral Roberts University | 27400 | 52700 | 0.4804 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 59 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 60 | Freed-Hardeman University | 27700 | 35900 | 0.2284 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 62 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1423 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 63 | Colorado Christian University | 28000 | 64000 | 0.5624 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 63 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 65 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.224 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 66 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 67 | Gannon University | 29000 | 52900 | 0.4522 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 68 | Southern Methodist University | 29100 | 90100 | 0.677 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 69 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41900 | 0.2986 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 69 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 71 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 71 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3627 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 71 | University of Toledo | 29900 | 42000 | 0.2884 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 74 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 75 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 76 | Otterbein University | 30600 | 57300 | 0.4659 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 77 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4379 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 78 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30900 | 69000 | 0.5529 | 3,312 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 79 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 80 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4725 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 81 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 82 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 83 | Marquette University | 31900 | 66500 | 0.5203 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 84 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5356 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 84 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 86 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4368 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 87 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4769 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 88 | Biola University | 33600 | 71200 | 0.5283 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 88 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 90 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 90 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.2951 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 90 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0587 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 93 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.5064 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 94 | Winthrop University | 33900 | 52500 | 0.355 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 95 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 95 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1365 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 97 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35300 | 66100 | 0.4662 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 98 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4202 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 99 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 100 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 101 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 102 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 103 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 104 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 105 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 106 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 107 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45700 | 0.0526 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 108 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 46000 | 49100 | 0.0633 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 110 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49900 | 59400 | 0.16 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 111 | Columbia College Chicago | 52300 | 68600 | 0.2378 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 112 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 113 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 56800 | 0.0194 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 114 | University of Oregon | 64200 | 71300 | 0.0997 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 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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