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Considering a degree in Public Relations/Image Management?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Public Relations/Image Management majors who live in Alabama.
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 Alabama.
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 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 3 | Mississippi Valley State University | 9800 | 26300 | 0.6269 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 12300 | 92800 | 0.8676 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 5 | Eastern Illinois University | 13200 | 24300 | 0.4556 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 6 | Western Kentucky University | 13400 | 27000 | 0.5029 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 14300 | 22000 | 0.3493 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6131 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 9 | Northern Kentucky University | 15100 | 25900 | 0.4175 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 10 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 10 | Troy University | 15700 | 26800 | 0.4129 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 12 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 19500 | 0.1693 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 13 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 36100 | 0.5365 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 14 | Wayne State University | 16700 | 32900 | 0.4921 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 16 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 17 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 18 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 19 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 20 | Keene State College | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4469 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 20 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 22 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3717 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 23 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 24 | Texas Tech University | 18700 | 27100 | 0.3105 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 25 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 26 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 27 | Lee University | 19800 | 37400 | 0.4709 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 28 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 28 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20100 | 62200 | 0.6772 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 30 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 31 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75900 | 0.7316 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 32 | Montana State University Billings | 20500 | 25500 | 0.1962 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 33 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20600 | 57300 | 0.6409 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 21200 | 26400 | 0.1973 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 34 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 36 | Northern Michigan University | 21700 | 33100 | 0.3444 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 37 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6273 | 1,123 | 1110 | 0.9986 | |
| 38 | Southwest Baptist University | 22300 | 41200 | 0.4576 | 1,710 | 1082 | 0.6839 | |
| 39 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4796 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 40 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1687 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 41 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.622 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9093 | |
| 42 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 43 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 44 | Central Washington University | 23800 | 27900 | 0.1472 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 45 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3023 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 45 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 47 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 48 | Saint Ambrose University | 24400 | 55400 | 0.5592 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 49 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 50 | American University | 25200 | 81600 | 0.6914 | 7,476 | 1375 | 0.6196 | |
| 50 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 52 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5032 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 55 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25800 | 38400 | 0.3285 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 56 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 57 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 58 | Salem State University | 26400 | 43200 | 0.3891 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 59 | Heidelberg University | 26500 | 48600 | 0.4548 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 60 | The University of Alabama | 26600 | 31000 | 0.1423 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 60 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4551 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 62 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 63 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6202 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 63 | University of North Alabama | 27100 | 37300 | 0.2735 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 65 | Capital University | 27400 | 62400 | 0.5608 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 66 | Freed-Hardeman University | 27700 | 35900 | 0.2284 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 68 | Colorado Christian University | 28000 | 64000 | 0.5624 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 68 | Oral Roberts University | 28000 | 52700 | 0.4679 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 68 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 71 | Auburn University | 28400 | 33800 | 0.1608 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 72 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 72 | Winthrop University | 28500 | 38600 | 0.2629 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 75 | Southern Methodist University | 29100 | 90100 | 0.677 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 76 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 76 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.2895 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 78 | Gannon University | 29900 | 52900 | 0.4352 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 79 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 80 | Mercy University | 30300 | 44500 | 0.3192 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 80 | Otterbein University | 30300 | 57300 | 0.4712 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 82 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 83 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30800 | 38500 | 0.2001 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 83 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5533 | 3,312 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 85 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 86 | Rider University | 31200 | 60600 | 0.4849 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 87 | Illinois State University | 31300 | 36400 | 0.1414 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 88 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 89 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4374 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 89 | Rockhurst University | 32500 | 62500 | 0.4791 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 92 | Marquette University | 32700 | 66500 | 0.5082 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 93 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 93 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 93 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 96 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.507 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 97 | Southeastern University | 34800 | 60500 | 0.4246 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 98 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 98 | Temple University | 35500 | 56400 | 0.3707 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 100 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36000 | 66100 | 0.4556 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 101 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 102 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 39300 | 50300 | 0.2189 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 102 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 104 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 105 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 106 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 107 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 108 | Susquehanna University | 42100 | 76800 | 0.452 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 109 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 110 | Biola University | 47100 | 71200 | 0.3386 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 111 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 112 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 113 | Columbia College Chicago | 53400 | 68600 | 0.2217 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 114 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 115 | University of Oregon | 64100 | 71300 | 0.1003 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 116 | Gonzaga University | 70600 | 76600 | 0.0783 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.