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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 | Northern Kentucky University | 7400 | 25900 | 0.7152 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96000 | 0.9024 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10100 | 22900 | 0.56 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13200 | 21600 | 0.3896 | 2,005 | 885 | 0.5116 | |
| 8 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 9 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4773 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 10 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2365 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 11 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 12 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6075 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 13 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 14 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0759 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 15 | Wayne State University | 15500 | 32900 | 0.5286 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 16 | Central Washington University | 15700 | 27900 | 0.438 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 16 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 18 | University of Memphis | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4023 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 19 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 20 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 21 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51200 | 0.6819 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 22 | Eastern Illinois University | 16400 | 27500 | 0.4044 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 23 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 16700 | 32000 | 0.4763 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 25 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 26 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 37200 | 0.5269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 27 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 28 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17800 | 48000 | 0.6287 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 29 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 26800 | 0.3289 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 31 | Salem State University | 18300 | 28500 | 0.3578 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 32 | Lee University | 18700 | 37400 | 0.5003 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 33 | Northern Michigan University | 18800 | 33100 | 0.4321 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 34 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19000 | 67900 | 0.7197 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 34 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 19000 | 45300 | 0.5803 | 6,546 | 1153 | 0.9252 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19600 | 27600 | 0.2894 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 37 | Montana State University Billings | 19800 | 35100 | 0.4359 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9991 | |
| 38 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75800 | 0.7352 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 39 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 40 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20400 | 71400 | 0.7147 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 41 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 42 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20700 | 34400 | 0.3982 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 43 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 44 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6271 | 1,169 | 1110 | 0.1854 | |
| 45 | San Jose State University | 22300 | 41100 | 0.4575 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 46 | Southwest Baptist University | 22600 | 41200 | 0.4524 | 1,622 | 1080 | 0.9972 | |
| 47 | Colorado Christian University | 22800 | 74500 | 0.694 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 48 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.6218 | 727 | 1130 | 0.866 | |
| 49 | Saint Ambrose University | 23300 | 55400 | 0.5791 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 50 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 51 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 45800 | 0.4851 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 52 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 52 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23900 | 26300 | 0.0914 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 54 | Oral Roberts University | 24000 | 77400 | 0.69 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 55 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 56 | Heidelberg University | 24700 | 48600 | 0.4918 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 57 | American University | 24900 | 83600 | 0.7019 | 7,476 | 1372 | 0.6187 | |
| 58 | Temple University | 25000 | 36400 | 0.3134 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 59 | Marquette University | 25200 | 63100 | 0.6003 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 60 | Dordt University | 25300 | 52500 | 0.5178 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 60 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 62 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5031 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 63 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 64 | Lipscomb University | 26200 | 57800 | 0.5473 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 65 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 66 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6201 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 67 | Capital University | 27300 | 80300 | 0.6601 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 67 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 69 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 70 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 71 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 72 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 73 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 74 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 75 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 76 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57600 | 0.4896 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 77 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 83200 | 0.6422 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 78 | Southeastern University | 29900 | 60500 | 0.5055 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 78 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3634 | 2,827 | 1112 | 0.6661 | |
| 80 | Gannon University | 30600 | 52900 | 0.4219 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 81 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 82 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5531 | 3,094 | 1105 | 0.8832 | |
| 82 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 84 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4731 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 85 | Rider University | 32200 | 60600 | 0.4687 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 85 | Rockhurst University | 32200 | 62500 | 0.4846 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 87 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 88 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.3008 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 89 | Freed-Hardeman University | 33500 | 35900 | 0.0668 | 1,878 | 1120 | 0.9061 | |
| 90 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 91 | Winthrop University | 33800 | 52500 | 0.3556 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 92 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 36100 | 0.0526 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 93 | Drake University | 34800 | 68500 | 0.4918 | 2,585 | 1226 | 0.6385 | |
| 93 | Hofstra University | 34800 | 77000 | 0.5479 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 95 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 96 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35800 | 66700 | 0.4634 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 97 | Lasell University | 37000 | 48500 | 0.2369 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 98 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 99 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 100 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 100 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 102 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 103 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 104 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 1,044 | 1163 | 0.7209 | |
| 105 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 105 | Quinnipiac University | 41400 | 79200 | 0.4772 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 107 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 108 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 109 | Biola University | 45100 | 71200 | 0.3667 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 110 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0451 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 111 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 112 | Columbia College Chicago | 53000 | 68600 | 0.2275 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 113 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 114 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 115 | Gonzaga University | 75300 | 77800 | 0.0321 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.