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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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 3 | Mississippi Valley State University | 9600 | 26300 | 0.6345 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4812 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 12600 | 92800 | 0.8644 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 6 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2814 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 7 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5126 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 8 | University of Georgia | 13800 | 26600 | 0.4812 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 12 | Northern Kentucky University | 14800 | 25900 | 0.4291 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 13 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 13 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0757 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 15 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 16 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 17 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5393 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 18 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 19 | Appalachian State University | 17200 | 19500 | 0.1194 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 19 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 21 | Keene State College | 17600 | 32100 | 0.4507 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 21 | University of Memphis | 17600 | 26400 | 0.334 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 23 | Morgan State University | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3787 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 23 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 25 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 26 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 27 | Lee University | 19600 | 37400 | 0.4762 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 28 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19800 | 62200 | 0.6821 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 29 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75900 | 0.7356 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 30 | Eastern Illinois University | 20200 | 28100 | 0.2827 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 30 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 32 | Montana State University Billings | 20300 | 25500 | 0.204 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 32 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20300 | 57300 | 0.6461 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 34 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 35 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 36 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 37 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6273 | 1,123 | 1110 | 0.9986 | |
| 38 | Southwest Baptist University | 22300 | 41200 | 0.4576 | 1,710 | 1082 | 0.6839 | |
| 39 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 40 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 31000 | 0.2675 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 41 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1687 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 42 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 43 | Illinois State University | 23200 | 36400 | 0.3628 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 43 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.622 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9093 | |
| 45 | Central Washington University | 23500 | 27900 | 0.158 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 45 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34400 | 0.3081 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 48 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 49 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 49 | Saint Ambrose University | 24300 | 55400 | 0.561 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 51 | Lewis University | 24800 | 57700 | 0.57 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 52 | American University | 24900 | 81600 | 0.695 | 7,476 | 1375 | 0.6196 | |
| 53 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 54 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5032 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 55 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 56 | Salem State University | 26100 | 43200 | 0.3961 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 57 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 58 | Heidelberg University | 26300 | 48600 | 0.4589 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 59 | Georgia Southern University | 26600 | 26800 | 0.0075 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 60 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6202 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 61 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 62 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 63 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 64 | Freed-Hardeman University | 27700 | 35900 | 0.2284 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 65 | Oral Roberts University | 27800 | 52700 | 0.4717 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 66 | Colorado Christian University | 28000 | 64000 | 0.5624 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 66 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 69 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 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 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1413 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 73 | Gannon University | 29600 | 52900 | 0.4408 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 74 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 74 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.2895 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 76 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 77 | Otterbein University | 30400 | 57300 | 0.4694 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 78 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30600 | 38500 | 0.2052 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 78 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 80 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5533 | 3,312 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 81 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 82 | Rider University | 31300 | 60600 | 0.4832 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 83 | Rockhurst University | 32200 | 62500 | 0.4848 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 84 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 84 | Marquette University | 32400 | 66500 | 0.5127 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 86 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4372 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 87 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 88 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 88 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 88 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 91 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.507 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 91 | Winthrop University | 33800 | 52500 | 0.3559 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 93 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 93 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34000 | 36100 | 0.0581 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 95 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 96 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1383 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 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 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35700 | 66100 | 0.4601 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 99 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 101 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 102 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 103 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 39000 | 50300 | 0.2249 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 104 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 105 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 106 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 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 | 42000 | 76800 | 0.4533 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 110 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 111 | Biola University | 47200 | 71200 | 0.3372 | 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 | 53000 | 68600 | 0.2275 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 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.