Considering a degree in Public Relations/Image Management?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Public Relations/Image Management majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96000 | 0.9024 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 3 | Boston University | 11300 | 91600 | 0.8769 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 5 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 6 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13200 | 21600 | 0.3896 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 6 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5439 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 8 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 9 | Central Washington University | 15500 | 27900 | 0.4451 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 10 | University of Memphis | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4023 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 11 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51200 | 0.681 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 12 | Eastern Illinois University | 16400 | 27500 | 0.4029 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 12 | Lewis University | 16400 | 57700 | 0.7155 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 14 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 46200 | 0.643 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 15 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 39700 | 0.582 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 16700 | 24500 | 0.3179 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 17 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 18 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3515 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 19 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 37200 | 0.5269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 20 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 21 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 48000 | 0.6287 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 22 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 17900 | 24200 | 0.2608 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 22 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 26800 | 0.3326 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 22 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 25 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 18300 | 31100 | 0.4118 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 26 | Lee University | 18500 | 37400 | 0.5057 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 27 | Northern Michigan University | 18700 | 33100 | 0.4351 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 28 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19000 | 67900 | 0.7197 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 29 | Salem State University | 19100 | 35100 | 0.4556 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 27600 | 0.2966 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 31 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19500 | 34400 | 0.4326 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 31 | SUNY at Fredonia | 19500 | 39600 | 0.5082 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 33 | Montana State University Billings | 19800 | 29100 | 0.3197 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 34 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 35 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1724 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 36 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20300 | 71400 | 0.7159 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20500 | 40200 | 0.4902 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 38 | University of Northern Iowa | 20900 | 24000 | 0.1303 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 39 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6271 | 1,123 | 1110 | 0.9986 | |
| 40 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1241 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 41 | Bradley University | 22300 | 48500 | 0.5395 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 42 | Southwest Baptist University | 22600 | 41200 | 0.4523 | 1,710 | 1082 | 0.6839 | |
| 43 | Colorado Christian University | 22700 | 74500 | 0.6954 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 44 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 45 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.168 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 46 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.6217 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9093 | |
| 46 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 48 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 49 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 50 | Columbia College Chicago | 23500 | 63200 | 0.6285 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 51 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23800 | 26300 | 0.0952 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 52 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5712 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 52 | Point Park University | 24000 | 57000 | 0.5793 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 54 | University of Central Missouri | 24400 | 35800 | 0.318 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 55 | Heidelberg University | 24500 | 48600 | 0.496 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 56 | American University | 24700 | 83600 | 0.7043 | 7,476 | 1375 | 0.6196 | |
| 57 | Illinois State University | 25000 | 35200 | 0.2893 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 58 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52500 | 0.5197 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 59 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.503 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 60 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0445 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 61 | Northern Kentucky University | 25900 | 32100 | 0.1933 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 62 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 63 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 64 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 37300 | 0.2736 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 64 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.62 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 66 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 67 | Oral Roberts University | 27400 | 52700 | 0.4808 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 69 | Marquette University | 27700 | 66200 | 0.5813 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 71 | Lipscomb University | 28500 | 57800 | 0.5075 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 72 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 73 | Southern Methodist University | 29100 | 83200 | 0.6506 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 74 | Gannon University | 29500 | 52900 | 0.4427 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 75 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 45800 | 0.3518 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 76 | Mercy University | 29800 | 44500 | 0.3305 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 76 | Southeastern University | 29800 | 60500 | 0.5072 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 76 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.289 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 79 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3632 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 80 | Otterbein University | 30400 | 66800 | 0.5447 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 81 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4384 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 82 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5531 | 3,312 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 83 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.473 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 84 | Lasell University | 31400 | 48500 | 0.3523 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 85 | Rider University | 32000 | 60600 | 0.472 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 85 | Rockhurst University | 32000 | 62500 | 0.4872 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 87 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 89 | Drake University | 32800 | 68500 | 0.5218 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 90 | Freed-Hardeman University | 33500 | 35900 | 0.0668 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 91 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 91 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.2956 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 93 | Winthrop University | 33900 | 52500 | 0.3555 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 94 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 95 | Hofstra University | 34200 | 77000 | 0.5557 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 96 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4204 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 97 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35600 | 66700 | 0.4664 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 97 | Temple University | 35600 | 55300 | 0.3565 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 99 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 100 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37300 | 57000 | 0.3454 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 101 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 102 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 103 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 104 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 105 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2774 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 106 | Quinnipiac University | 41200 | 79200 | 0.4797 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 107 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 108 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 109 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 110 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 111 | Biola University | 45100 | 71200 | 0.3667 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 112 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 113 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 114 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.0309 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 115 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 77800 | 0.0912 | 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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