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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 | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 9600 | 95500 | 0.8995 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 3 | Mississippi Valley State University | 10100 | 26700 | 0.6211 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 3 | Western Kentucky University | 10100 | 30200 | 0.667 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 5 | Northern Michigan University | 11400 | 32200 | 0.6468 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 6 | Wayne State University | 12200 | 32900 | 0.6289 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 7 | Eastern Illinois University | 12600 | 24300 | 0.482 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 9 | Eastern Michigan University | 13900 | 33900 | 0.5892 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 10 | University of Memphis | 14100 | 37800 | 0.6273 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 11 | Salem State University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5818 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 12 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 13 | Texas State University | 15400 | 25700 | 0.4014 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 15 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4454 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 16 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 20100 | 0.1787 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 17 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4338 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 18 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 20 | Keene State College | 17400 | 31100 | 0.438 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 20 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 22 | Central Washington University | 18200 | 22700 | 0.198 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 22 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 81200 | 0.7758 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 24 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.55 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 25 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19300 | 79300 | 0.7563 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 26 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 76200 | 0.7427 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 27 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 27 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19800 | 57300 | 0.6549 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 29 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 30 | Montana State University Billings | 20100 | 54900 | 0.6337 | 3,881 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3079 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 32 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 33 | Loras College | 21700 | 58400 | 0.6289 | 1,073 | 1110 | 0.6966 | |
| 34 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 35 | Freed-Hardeman University | 22000 | 35900 | 0.3872 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 36 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 37 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 36800 | 0.3886 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 38 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 39 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 39 | Point Park University | 23300 | 70900 | 0.6715 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 41 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 34200 | 0.3131 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 42 | Monmouth College | 23800 | 63400 | 0.6252 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9085 | |
| 43 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 43 | Oral Roberts University | 23900 | 78200 | 0.694 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 45 | Campbellsville University | 24200 | 45200 | 0.465 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 46 | American University | 24500 | 86200 | 0.7161 | 6,730 | 1393 | 0.6556 | |
| 47 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24600 | 38400 | 0.3597 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 47 | Temple University | 24600 | 36100 | 0.3188 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 50 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5047 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5535 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 52 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 81000 | 0.6814 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 53 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 26400 | 33000 | 0.1998 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 54 | Capital University | 26900 | 63100 | 0.5738 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 54 | Rider University | 26900 | 60200 | 0.5534 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 56 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2985 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 56 | Hood College | 27000 | 71400 | 0.6215 | 1,157 | 1055 | 0.8517 | |
| 58 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 59 | California State University-Long Beach | 27200 | 43100 | 0.3693 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 59 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 61 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 62 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 63 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 64 | Towson University | 29500 | 39200 | 0.2477 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 65 | Northern Kentucky University | 29600 | 34800 | 0.1493 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 66 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 66 | Southern Methodist University | 29700 | 88100 | 0.6632 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 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 | 30900 | 110800 | 0.721 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 71 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 72 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31200 | 38500 | 0.1897 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 74 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43200 | 0.2524 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 75 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 76 | Rockhurst University | 32800 | 62500 | 0.4746 | 1,964 | 1159 | 0.9392 | |
| 77 | Saint Ambrose University | 32900 | 57700 | 0.43 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 77 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 32900 | 34200 | 0.038 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 79 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 80 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 80 | University of Central Missouri | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0639 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 82 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 69900 | 0.5196 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 83 | Winthrop University | 33700 | 52500 | 0.3585 | 4,289 | 1130 | 0.8281 | |
| 84 | Lee University | 34200 | 37800 | 0.0952 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 85 | Drake University | 34700 | 68500 | 0.4941 | 2,504 | 1226 | 0.6494 | |
| 86 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 88 | Xavier University | 37500 | 107200 | 0.6501 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 89 | Seton Hall University | 38300 | 67700 | 0.4344 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 90 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38800 | 66100 | 0.4132 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 91 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 69100 | 0.4094 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 92 | Mercy University | 41100 | 46400 | 0.1143 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 93 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 94 | Biola University | 42000 | 71200 | 0.4102 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 95 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 96 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47000 | 53300 | 0.1181 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 97 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 67900 | 0.2823 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 98 | Marquette University | 48900 | 75900 | 0.3558 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 99 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 100 | Quinnipiac University | 50300 | 118300 | 0.5747 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 101 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 102 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83400 | 0.2937 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 103 | Columbia College Chicago | 62800 | 68500 | 0.0832 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 104 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 105 | Gonzaga University | 70900 | 76400 | 0.0719 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 | |
| 106 | Auburn University | 75400 | 85500 | 0.1181 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.