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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 Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | Washington and Lee University | 3800 | 87100 | 0.9565 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 2 | Boston University | 5100 | 88800 | 0.943 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10500 | 22900 | 0.5425 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 10800 | 29000 | 0.6272 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 6 | Northern Kentucky University | 12500 | 25900 | 0.5183 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 7 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 8 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13900 | 22600 | 0.3849 | 2,005 | 865 | 0.5116 | |
| 9 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 40600 | 0.6307 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 12 | California State University-Long Beach | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4109 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 13 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 27700 | 0.4369 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 14 | Appalachian State University | 15800 | 19500 | 0.1895 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 15 | University of Southern California | 16400 | 76000 | 0.7841 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 16 | Ferris State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.462 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 17 | Eastern Illinois University | 16800 | 27700 | 0.3927 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 17 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 19 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 19700 | 0.1272 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 20 | Keene State College | 17500 | 31900 | 0.4512 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 21 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 32100 | 0.4461 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 18500 | 36100 | 0.4881 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | University of Memphis | 18900 | 26400 | 0.2846 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 24 | Western Kentucky University | 19400 | 26800 | 0.2741 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 25 | Lee University | 19500 | 37100 | 0.4738 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 26 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 27 | Olivet Nazarene University | 21000 | 88800 | 0.7639 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 30 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21700 | 34400 | 0.3691 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 31 | Loras College | 21700 | 58400 | 0.628 | 1,169 | 1110 | 0.1854 | |
| 33 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43300 | 0.4846 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 34 | Colorado Christian University | 22500 | 63300 | 0.6444 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 35 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 22800 | 56500 | 0.5969 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 36 | Saint Ambrose University | 23000 | 54500 | 0.578 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 37 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 37 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.6225 | 727 | 1150 | 0.866 | |
| 39 | Georgia Southern University | 23500 | 23800 | 0.0126 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 39 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 39 | Utica University | 23500 | 41100 | 0.4279 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 42 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 43 | Oral Roberts University | 23700 | 55600 | 0.5742 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 44 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 45 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 46 | American University | 24500 | 82000 | 0.7014 | 7,476 | 1372 | 0.6187 | |
| 46 | Northern Michigan University | 24500 | 32900 | 0.2556 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 48 | Dordt University | 25000 | 52300 | 0.5218 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 48 | Lewis University | 25000 | 57400 | 0.5641 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 50 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 51 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5038 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 52 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 53 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 54 | Webster University | 26900 | 54300 | 0.5042 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 55 | Capital University | 27100 | 68600 | 0.6051 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 55 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6207 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 57 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 57 | Rowan University | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3234 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 59 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 60 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 61 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2268 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 62 | Lipscomb University | 28300 | 57600 | 0.5077 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 63 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 63 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 65 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | Salem State University | 29200 | 38900 | 0.2491 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 67 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57500 | 0.4866 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 68 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 69 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 69 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 81700 | 0.6355 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 71 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 72 | Gannon University | 30100 | 45300 | 0.3356 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 30100 | 41000 | 0.2656 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 74 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 75 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 76 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 77 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5537 | 3,094 | 1105 | 0.8832 | |
| 78 | University of Rhode Island | 31000 | 46700 | 0.3362 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 79 | Rider University | 31300 | 64300 | 0.5131 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 80 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 81 | Freed-Hardeman University | 31900 | 35100 | 0.0913 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
| 82 | University of Central Missouri | 32100 | 34300 | 0.0643 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 83 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 84 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 84 | Rockhurst University | 32800 | 62500 | 0.4743 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 86 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 38600 | 0.1424 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 87 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 88 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 35100 | 0.037 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 88 | Winthrop University | 33800 | 52500 | 0.3569 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 90 | Montana State University Billings | 34000 | 34600 | 0.0173 | 3,881 | 1035 | 0.9991 | |
| 90 | Taylor University | 34000 | 57600 | 0.4097 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 92 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 93 | Drake University | 34700 | 68500 | 0.4928 | 2,585 | 1226 | 0.6385 | |
| 93 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 95 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.421 | 1,185 | 1075 | 0.7876 | |
| 96 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35500 | 47300 | 0.2494 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 97 | Towson University | 36200 | 45700 | 0.2079 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 98 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 98 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 100 | Hofstra University | 38600 | 74600 | 0.4824 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 101 | Wayne State University | 39100 | 45500 | 0.1406 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 102 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 53300 | 0.2551 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 102 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4108 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 104 | Temple University | 40600 | 56100 | 0.2762 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 105 | Marquette University | 41000 | 75100 | 0.4542 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 106 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 107 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 108 | Quinnipiac University | 42000 | 79200 | 0.4696 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 109 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 110 | Illinois State University | 45100 | 47300 | 0.0466 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 111 | Columbia College Chicago | 67200 | 67200 | 0 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 112 | Gonzaga University | 73200 | 73200 | 0 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.