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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 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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.651 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7000 | 26600 | 0.7381 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 95500 | 0.9016 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 6 | Mississippi Valley State University | 10000 | 26700 | 0.6249 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 7 | Northern Michigan University | 11300 | 32200 | 0.65 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 11 | University of Georgia | 13300 | 27200 | 0.5103 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 12 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5922 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 13 | University of Memphis | 14000 | 37800 | 0.6299 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 14 | Salem State University | 14100 | 33900 | 0.5847 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 15 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4495 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 15100 | 26200 | 0.4234 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 17 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 17 | University of Southern California | 15200 | 71400 | 0.7874 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 19 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15600 | 24200 | 0.3561 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | Morgan State University | 16300 | 28500 | 0.4278 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 22 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4897 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 23 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 24 | Texas Tech University | 17800 | 27100 | 0.343 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 25 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 40800 | 0.5594 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 26 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 79300 | 0.7576 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 81200 | 0.7598 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 27 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19500 | 57300 | 0.6601 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 29 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 30 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 31 | Eastern Illinois University | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2912 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 32 | Montana State University Billings | 20000 | 54900 | 0.6356 | 3,881 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 33 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 20100 | 43200 | 0.5348 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 34 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 35 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 30200 | 0.3112 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 36 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 37 | Loras College | 21700 | 58400 | 0.6289 | 1,073 | 1110 | 0.6966 | |
| 38 | University of Houston | 21900 | 27800 | 0.2124 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 39 | Freed-Hardeman University | 22000 | 35900 | 0.3872 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 40 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 40 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 36800 | 0.3913 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 42 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 43 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 43 | Point Park University | 23300 | 70900 | 0.6715 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 45 | Monmouth College | 23800 | 63400 | 0.6252 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9085 | |
| 45 | Oral Roberts University | 23800 | 78200 | 0.6952 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 47 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 48 | Campbellsville University | 24200 | 45200 | 0.465 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 49 | American University | 24300 | 86200 | 0.7184 | 6,730 | 1393 | 0.6556 | |
| 50 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 51 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5047 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 52 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5535 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 53 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 81000 | 0.6814 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 53 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25800 | 28000 | 0.0784 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36800 | 0.2936 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 56 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 57 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3862 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 58 | Capital University | 26800 | 63100 | 0.5754 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 59 | Central Washington University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 59 | Rider University | 26900 | 60200 | 0.5534 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 61 | Hood College | 27000 | 71400 | 0.6215 | 1,157 | 1055 | 0.8517 | |
| 62 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 63 | Wayne State University | 27900 | 46800 | 0.4041 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 64 | Marquette University | 28700 | 63800 | 0.5503 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 65 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 65 | Southern Methodist University | 29700 | 88100 | 0.6632 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 67 | Keene State College | 30300 | 41400 | 0.2681 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 68 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 69 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30700 | 69000 | 0.5545 | 3,314 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 70 | Suffolk University | 30800 | 110800 | 0.7219 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 71 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57400 | 0.4583 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 71 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 73 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 74 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 75 | Biola University | 31800 | 71200 | 0.5536 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 76 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 76 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 79 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4769 | 1,964 | 1159 | 0.9392 | |
| 80 | University of Idaho | 32800 | 34400 | 0.0466 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 80 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 32800 | 34200 | 0.0409 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 82 | Saint Ambrose University | 32900 | 57700 | 0.43 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 83 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 84 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 84 | University of Central Missouri | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0639 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 86 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 69900 | 0.5196 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 87 | Winthrop University | 33700 | 52500 | 0.3585 | 4,289 | 1130 | 0.8281 | |
| 88 | Lee University | 34200 | 37800 | 0.0952 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 89 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1418 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 90 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34600 | 41000 | 0.1561 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 91 | Drake University | 34700 | 68500 | 0.4941 | 2,504 | 1226 | 0.6494 | |
| 92 | Auburn University | 36500 | 85500 | 0.5729 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 93 | Xavier University | 37500 | 107200 | 0.6501 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 94 | Seton Hall University | 38300 | 67700 | 0.4344 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 95 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38700 | 66100 | 0.4147 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 96 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40700 | 69100 | 0.4109 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 97 | Mercy University | 41000 | 46400 | 0.1165 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 98 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 99 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 100 | Georgia Southern University | 46900 | 47900 | 0.0209 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 100 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 46900 | 53300 | 0.12 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 102 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 67900 | 0.2824 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 103 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 104 | Quinnipiac University | 50400 | 118300 | 0.5738 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 105 | Hofstra University | 58800 | 83400 | 0.2949 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 106 | Columbia College Chicago | 62700 | 68500 | 0.0846 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 107 | Gonzaga University | 70900 | 76400 | 0.0719 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.