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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 | University of Houston | 12000 | 22000 | 0.4537 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 5 | Eastern Illinois University | 12600 | 24300 | 0.4803 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 13000 | 92800 | 0.8601 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 26600 | 0.4925 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 25800 | 0.462 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 9 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 10 | Northern Kentucky University | 14300 | 25900 | 0.4485 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 11 | Texas State University | 14800 | 25500 | 0.4199 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 12 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4443 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 13 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.5503 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 15 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 32900 | 0.5043 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 16 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 17 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 18 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 19 | Keene State College | 17400 | 41400 | 0.5799 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 20 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 21 | Towson University | 18400 | 29900 | 0.3843 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 22 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 23 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19300 | 62200 | 0.6901 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 24 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 25 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 26 | Lasell University | 19700 | 48500 | 0.5934 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 27 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19800 | 57300 | 0.6549 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 28 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 29 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 30 | Montana State University Billings | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2119 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 31 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 20700 | 26400 | 0.2163 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 33 | Northern Michigan University | 21000 | 33100 | 0.3656 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 34 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6273 | 1,123 | 1110 | 0.9986 | |
| 35 | Southwest Baptist University | 22300 | 41200 | 0.4576 | 1,710 | 1082 | 0.6839 | |
| 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 | |
| 36 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 40 | Central Washington University | 23000 | 27900 | 0.1759 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 41 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.622 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9093 | |
| 42 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 34400 | 0.3168 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 42 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 44 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 45 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 45 | Saint Ambrose University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5646 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 47 | Lewis University | 24200 | 57700 | 0.5804 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 48 | American University | 24500 | 81600 | 0.7 | 7,476 | 1375 | 0.6196 | |
| 49 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25200 | 38400 | 0.3441 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 50 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 51 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5032 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 52 | Salem State University | 25800 | 43200 | 0.403 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 52 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0444 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 54 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 55 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 55 | Heidelberg University | 26100 | 48600 | 0.463 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 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 | |
| 59 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6202 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 59 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 61 | Oral Roberts University | 27400 | 52700 | 0.4793 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 62 | Freed-Hardeman University | 27700 | 35900 | 0.2284 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 64 | Colorado Christian University | 28000 | 64000 | 0.5624 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 64 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 66 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 67 | Southern Methodist University | 29100 | 90100 | 0.677 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 68 | Gannon University | 29200 | 52900 | 0.4484 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 69 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 31800 | 0.0786 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 70 | Morgan State University | 29500 | 41900 | 0.2962 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 71 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 71 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.2895 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 73 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 73 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 75 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30400 | 38500 | 0.2104 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 76 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 57300 | 0.4677 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 77 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 78 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5533 | 3,312 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 79 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 80 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 81 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 82 | Marquette University | 32000 | 66500 | 0.5188 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 83 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 84 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 85 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4369 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 85 | University of Rhode Island | 32600 | 46400 | 0.2972 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 87 | Rockhurst University | 32800 | 62500 | 0.4745 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 88 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 89 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 90 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 91 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 91 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 93 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.507 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 93 | Winthrop University | 33800 | 52500 | 0.3559 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 95 | Southeastern University | 34300 | 60500 | 0.4328 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 96 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66100 | 0.4646 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 97 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 98 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 99 | Hofstra University | 38100 | 76900 | 0.5045 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 100 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 101 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 102 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 103 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2777 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 104 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 105 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 106 | Susquehanna University | 41900 | 76800 | 0.4546 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 107 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 108 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 109 | Biola University | 47400 | 71200 | 0.3344 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 110 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 111 | Columbia College Chicago | 52400 | 68600 | 0.2363 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 112 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 113 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 114 | University of Oregon | 64100 | 71300 | 0.1003 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 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.