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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 North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | 7800 | 87100 | 0.9106 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 3 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 13600 | 88800 | 0.8472 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 5 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13900 | 22600 | 0.3849 | 2,005 | 865 | 0.5116 | |
| 6 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 14100 | 23600 | 0.4031 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 9 | Central Michigan University | 15300 | 40600 | 0.6233 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 10 | California State University-Long Beach | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3993 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 10 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 12 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2916 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 13 | Western Carolina University | 16400 | 19600 | 0.1633 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16600 | 25700 | 0.3541 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 16 | Appalachian State University | 16900 | 19600 | 0.1347 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 17 | Central Washington University | 17100 | 22700 | 0.2464 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 18 | Eastern Illinois University | 17400 | 27700 | 0.372 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 19 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 19700 | 0.0813 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 18800 | 36100 | 0.479 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 21 | University of Memphis | 19100 | 26400 | 0.277 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 22 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 23 | Loras College | 19800 | 56900 | 0.6527 | 1,169 | 1110 | 0.1854 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 25 | Lee University | 20100 | 37100 | 0.4577 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 26 | Olivet Nazarene University | 21300 | 88800 | 0.7602 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 27 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 28 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 29 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21900 | 34400 | 0.3633 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 30 | Colorado Christian University | 22800 | 63300 | 0.6396 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 31 | Murray State University | 23000 | 27600 | 0.166 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 32 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 23100 | 56500 | 0.5915 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 33 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 33 | Monmouth College | 23300 | 61400 | 0.6211 | 727 | 1150 | 0.866 | |
| 33 | Saint Ambrose University | 23300 | 54500 | 0.5725 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 36 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 37 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23700 | 38000 | 0.3759 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 38 | Utica University | 23800 | 41100 | 0.4206 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 39 | Oral Roberts University | 23900 | 55600 | 0.57 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 40 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 41 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 41 | Northern Michigan University | 24900 | 32900 | 0.2435 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 43 | Temple University | 25000 | 36300 | 0.3116 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 43 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 45 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52300 | 0.518 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 46 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57400 | 0.5588 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 46 | Western Kentucky University | 25300 | 26800 | 0.0561 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 49 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5024 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 50 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 51 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 52 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 53 | Northern Kentucky University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1423 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 53 | Webster University | 27100 | 54300 | 0.5006 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 55 | Hood College | 27200 | 71400 | 0.6195 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 56 | Capital University | 27300 | 68600 | 0.6021 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 57 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.2232 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 58 | American University | 28400 | 82000 | 0.6538 | 7,476 | 1372 | 0.6187 | |
| 59 | Lipscomb University | 28500 | 57600 | 0.5043 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 60 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 62 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57500 | 0.4884 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 63 | Salem State University | 29500 | 38900 | 0.2414 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 64 | Huntington University | 29800 | 44300 | 0.3276 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 65 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3621 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 65 | Southern Methodist University | 29900 | 81700 | 0.6343 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 68 | Keene State College | 30300 | 40700 | 0.2571 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 68 | Mississippi College | 30300 | 45400 | 0.3324 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 70 | San Jose State University | 30400 | 41000 | 0.2583 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 71 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 72 | Gannon University | 30600 | 45300 | 0.3246 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 73 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 74 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 31400 | 64500 | 0.5138 | 3,094 | 1105 | 0.8832 | |
| 74 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 76 | University of Rhode Island | 31500 | 46700 | 0.3255 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 77 | Freed-Hardeman University | 31700 | 35100 | 0.097 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
| 78 | Rider University | 31800 | 64300 | 0.5053 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 79 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 80 | Rockhurst University | 32200 | 62500 | 0.4847 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 80 | University of Central Missouri | 32200 | 34300 | 0.0606 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 82 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32300 | 36400 | 0.1125 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 84 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 85 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 86 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 87 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.5059 | 2,585 | 1283 | 0.6385 | |
| 88 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4074 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 89 | Montana State University Billings | 34200 | 34600 | 0.0115 | 3,881 | 1035 | 0.9991 | |
| 90 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 91 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.42 | 1,185 | 1075 | 0.7876 | |
| 92 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35800 | 47300 | 0.2431 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 93 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 94 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 95 | Wayne State University | 39400 | 45500 | 0.134 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 96 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4108 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 97 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39800 | 53300 | 0.2532 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 98 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 99 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 99 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 101 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 102 | Quinnipiac University | 42300 | 79200 | 0.4658 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 103 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 104 | Winthrop University | 44000 | 44000 | 0 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 105 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0439 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 106 | Marquette University | 45600 | 75100 | 0.3929 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 107 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 108 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 109 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 110 | University of Oregon | 59400 | 68900 | 0.1389 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 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.