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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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Mississippi Valley State University | 9400 | 26300 | 0.6421 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 13000 | 92800 | 0.8601 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 5 | University of Houston | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3902 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 6 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 26600 | 0.4925 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 7 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 8 | Northern Kentucky University | 14300 | 25900 | 0.4485 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 9 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 10 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 11 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.5503 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 12 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | Salem State University | 17300 | 28500 | 0.3929 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 16 | Keene State College | 17500 | 32100 | 0.4555 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 17 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 18 | Central Washington University | 18100 | 22700 | 0.2024 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 19 | Towson University | 18400 | 29900 | 0.3843 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 20 | University of Rhode Island | 18900 | 33900 | 0.4426 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 21 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19300 | 62200 | 0.6901 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 22 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 23 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 24 | Eastern Illinois University | 19700 | 28100 | 0.3005 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 25 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19800 | 57300 | 0.6549 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 26 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 26 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1728 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 28 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 29 | Montana State University Billings | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2119 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 30 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 20700 | 26400 | 0.2163 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 32 | Northern Michigan University | 21000 | 33100 | 0.3656 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 33 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6273 | 1,123 | 1110 | 0.9986 | |
| 34 | Southwest Baptist University | 22300 | 41200 | 0.4576 | 1,710 | 1082 | 0.6839 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 36 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 31000 | 0.274 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 36 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4796 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 38 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 39 | Illinois State University | 23200 | 36400 | 0.3628 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 39 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.622 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9093 | |
| 41 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 42 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 43 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 43 | Saint Ambrose University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5646 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 45 | Lewis University | 24200 | 57700 | 0.5804 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 46 | American University | 24500 | 81600 | 0.7 | 7,476 | 1375 | 0.6196 | |
| 47 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25200 | 38400 | 0.3441 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 48 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 49 | Texas State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 50 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 51 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5032 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 52 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0444 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 53 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 54 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 54 | Heidelberg University | 26100 | 48600 | 0.463 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 57 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 26400 | 31100 | 0.1512 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 58 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 58 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 60 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6202 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 60 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 62 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 62 | Oral Roberts University | 27400 | 52700 | 0.4793 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 64 | Freed-Hardeman University | 27700 | 35900 | 0.2284 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 64 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1437 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 67 | Colorado Christian University | 28000 | 64000 | 0.5624 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 68 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 68 | Winthrop University | 28500 | 38600 | 0.2629 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | Southern Methodist University | 29100 | 90100 | 0.677 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 72 | Gannon University | 29200 | 52900 | 0.4484 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 73 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 31800 | 0.0786 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 74 | Morgan State University | 29500 | 41900 | 0.2962 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 74 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 76 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 77 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 78 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30400 | 38500 | 0.2104 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 79 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 57300 | 0.4677 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 80 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 81 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5533 | 3,312 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 82 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 83 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 84 | Marquette University | 32000 | 66500 | 0.5188 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 85 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 87 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4369 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 88 | Rockhurst University | 32800 | 62500 | 0.4745 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 89 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 90 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 90 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33600 | 36100 | 0.0692 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 92 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 93 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 93 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.507 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 95 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 96 | Southeastern University | 34300 | 60500 | 0.4328 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 97 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1383 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 98 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66100 | 0.4646 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 99 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 100 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 101 | Hofstra University | 38100 | 76900 | 0.5045 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 102 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 103 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 104 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 105 | Wayne State University | 40300 | 46200 | 0.1277 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 106 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 107 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 108 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 109 | Susquehanna University | 41900 | 76800 | 0.4546 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 110 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 111 | Biola University | 47400 | 71200 | 0.3344 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 112 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 113 | Columbia College Chicago | 52400 | 68600 | 0.2363 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 114 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 115 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.