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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 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 6900 | 25900 | 0.7346 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 5 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96000 | 0.9024 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 11100 | 91600 | 0.8791 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | Eastern Illinois University | 12700 | 24300 | 0.478 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 9 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13100 | 21600 | 0.3942 | 2,005 | 885 | 0.5116 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4912 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 12 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 13 | Central Washington University | 15200 | 27200 | 0.4406 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 14 | University of Memphis | 15500 | 26400 | 0.4137 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 15 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 16 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3801 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 16 | Keene State College | 16000 | 51200 | 0.6871 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 16 | University of Southern California | 16000 | 71400 | 0.7762 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 19 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 32000 | 0.492 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 21 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 22 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 37200 | 0.5377 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 23 | University of Rhode Island | 17400 | 46400 | 0.6245 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 24 | Georgia Southern University | 17600 | 26800 | 0.3439 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 25 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17700 | 48000 | 0.6308 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 25 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 25 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 28 | Lee University | 17900 | 37400 | 0.5217 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 29 | Northern Michigan University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4472 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 30 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 31 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4587 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 31 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 18600 | 67900 | 0.7256 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 31 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 18600 | 45300 | 0.5892 | 6,546 | 1153 | 0.9252 | |
| 34 | Salem State University | 19000 | 35100 | 0.4585 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 35 | Texas Tech University | 19300 | 27900 | 0.3086 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 36 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 37 | Montana State University Billings | 19600 | 35100 | 0.4416 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9991 | |
| 38 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1722 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 39 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20000 | 71400 | 0.7203 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 40 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 41 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20400 | 34400 | 0.4069 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 42 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 43 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 44 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3888 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 45 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6271 | 1,169 | 1110 | 0.1854 | |
| 46 | Colorado Christian University | 22400 | 74500 | 0.6994 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 47 | Southwest Baptist University | 22600 | 41200 | 0.4524 | 1,622 | 1080 | 0.9972 | |
| 48 | Saint Ambrose University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5881 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 49 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.6218 | 727 | 1130 | 0.866 | |
| 49 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 31000 | 0.2514 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 51 | Oral Roberts University | 23500 | 77400 | 0.6965 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 52 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 53 | Heidelberg University | 24000 | 48600 | 0.5062 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 54 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 55 | American University | 24300 | 83600 | 0.7091 | 7,476 | 1372 | 0.6187 | |
| 56 | Marquette University | 24400 | 63100 | 0.6129 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 57 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52500 | 0.5254 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 57 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57700 | 0.5682 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 59 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5031 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 60 | Lipscomb University | 25900 | 57800 | 0.5519 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 60 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 62 | Capital University | 27000 | 80300 | 0.6639 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 63 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6201 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 64 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 66 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 67 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 68 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1432 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 69 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 70 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 70 | Winthrop University | 28500 | 38600 | 0.2625 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 72 | Biola University | 28800 | 71200 | 0.5958 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 73 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 74 | Southeastern University | 29600 | 60500 | 0.5105 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 74 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57600 | 0.4861 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 76 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 83200 | 0.6422 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 76 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 78 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3634 | 2,827 | 1112 | 0.6661 | |
| 79 | Gannon University | 30000 | 52900 | 0.4333 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 79 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 81 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 82 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5531 | 3,094 | 1105 | 0.8832 | |
| 82 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 84 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4731 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 85 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 86 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4803 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 87 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 88 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4767 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.3008 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 90 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1406 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 91 | Freed-Hardeman University | 33500 | 35900 | 0.0668 | 1,878 | 1120 | 0.9061 | |
| 92 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 93 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 94 | Drake University | 34800 | 68500 | 0.4918 | 2,585 | 1226 | 0.6385 | |
| 95 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66700 | 0.4694 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 96 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 97 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 98 | Lasell University | 37200 | 48500 | 0.2328 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 99 | Xavier University | 37600 | 67500 | 0.4431 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 100 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 101 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 102 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 103 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 104 | Temple University | 40800 | 55300 | 0.2624 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 105 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 1,044 | 1163 | 0.7209 | |
| 106 | Quinnipiac University | 41000 | 79200 | 0.4822 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 107 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 108 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 109 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 110 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 111 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 112 | Columbia College Chicago | 52300 | 68600 | 0.2378 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 113 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 115 | Gonzaga University | 75600 | 77800 | 0.0283 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.