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 Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Mississippi Valley State University | 9300 | 26300 | 0.6459 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 4 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | Western Kentucky University | 12700 | 27000 | 0.5296 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 13100 | 92800 | 0.859 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4659 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 11 | Texas State University | 14700 | 25500 | 0.4238 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 12 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4443 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 13 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 14 | Appalachian State University | 15500 | 19500 | 0.2053 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 15 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Eastern Michigan University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5531 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 17 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 19 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 20 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 20 | Salem State University | 17200 | 28500 | 0.3964 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 20 | University of Memphis | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3491 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 23 | Keene State College | 17300 | 41400 | 0.5813 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 24 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 25 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 26 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 27 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 62200 | 0.6917 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 28 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 29 | Eastern Illinois University | 19500 | 28100 | 0.3076 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 29 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19500 | 57300 | 0.6601 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 31 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 32 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 33 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 34 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6273 | 1,123 | 1110 | 0.9986 | |
| 35 | Southwest Baptist University | 22200 | 41200 | 0.46 | 1,710 | 1082 | 0.6839 | |
| 36 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 37 | Central Washington University | 22800 | 27200 | 0.1616 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 38 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.622 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9093 | |
| 38 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 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 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3863 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 43 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 44 | Lewis University | 24000 | 57700 | 0.5838 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 44 | Saint Ambrose University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.5664 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 46 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 47 | American University | 24400 | 81600 | 0.7012 | 7,476 | 1375 | 0.6196 | |
| 48 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 50 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5032 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 51 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 53 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 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 | 0.6202 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 57 | Oral Roberts University | 27300 | 52700 | 0.4812 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 57 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 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 | |
| 61 | Colorado Christian University | 28000 | 64000 | 0.5624 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 61 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 63 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 63 | Winthrop University | 28500 | 38600 | 0.2629 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 65 | Gannon University | 29000 | 52900 | 0.4522 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 66 | Southern Methodist University | 29100 | 90100 | 0.677 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 67 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41900 | 0.2986 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 68 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 69 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 70 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 71 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 71 | Northern Kentucky University | 30000 | 32100 | 0.0655 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 73 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 74 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 57300 | 0.4677 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 75 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 76 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5533 | 3,312 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 77 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 78 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 79 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 80 | Marquette University | 31900 | 66500 | 0.5203 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 81 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 81 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 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 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 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 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 90 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 92 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.507 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 93 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 93 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1365 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 95 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1383 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 96 | Montana State University Billings | 35000 | 35100 | 0.0028 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 97 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35300 | 66100 | 0.4662 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 98 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 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 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 38600 | 50300 | 0.2328 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 102 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 103 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 104 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 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 | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 108 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 110 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 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 | 55800 | 56800 | 0.0176 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 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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