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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 Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | 7600 | 25900 | 0.7075 | 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 | 10400 | 22900 | 0.5468 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 11500 | 91600 | 0.8748 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 28700 | 0.5961 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13200 | 21600 | 0.3896 | 2,005 | 885 | 0.5116 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4692 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | Eastern Illinois University | 13800 | 24300 | 0.431 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 12 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 37400 | 0.6022 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 14 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 15 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 16 | Central Washington University | 15800 | 22800 | 0.3047 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 17 | University of Memphis | 15900 | 29900 | 0.4679 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 18 | Keene State College | 16800 | 51200 | 0.6719 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 18 | Wayne State University | 16800 | 46200 | 0.6365 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 32000 | 0.4701 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 20 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 22 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 23 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 33900 | 0.475 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 24 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5486 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 25 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 23800 | 0.2315 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 25 | Morgan State University | 18300 | 19700 | 0.0712 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 27 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 27 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 18600 | 31100 | 0.4022 | 6,546 | 1153 | 0.9252 | |
| 29 | Lee University | 19100 | 37400 | 0.4896 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 29 | Northern Michigan University | 19100 | 33100 | 0.423 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 29 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19100 | 67900 | 0.7182 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 32 | Salem State University | 19700 | 35100 | 0.4385 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 33 | Montana State University Billings | 20000 | 29100 | 0.3128 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9991 | |
| 34 | Texas Tech University | 20100 | 27900 | 0.2799 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20100 | 27600 | 0.2713 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 36 | San Jose State University | 20200 | 33600 | 0.3985 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 37 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 38 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20700 | 71400 | 0.7105 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 39 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20900 | 34400 | 0.3924 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 40 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6271 | 1,169 | 1110 | 0.1854 | |
| 41 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 42 | Southwest Baptist University | 22600 | 41200 | 0.4524 | 1,622 | 1080 | 0.9972 | |
| 43 | Colorado Christian University | 23100 | 74500 | 0.69 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 44 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.6218 | 727 | 1130 | 0.866 | |
| 45 | Saint Ambrose University | 23500 | 55400 | 0.5755 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 47 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 48 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 49 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 50 | Oral Roberts University | 24200 | 77400 | 0.6874 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 50 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24200 | 26300 | 0.08 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 52 | Heidelberg University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4836 | 915 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 53 | American University | 25200 | 83600 | 0.6984 | 7,476 | 1372 | 0.6187 | |
| 54 | Temple University | 25300 | 36400 | 0.3052 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 55 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52500 | 0.514 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 56 | Lewis University | 25600 | 57700 | 0.5561 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 58 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66800 | 0.6121 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 59 | Lipscomb University | 26300 | 57800 | 0.5448 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 60 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6201 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 61 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 63 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 64 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 65 | Marquette University | 28300 | 66200 | 0.5722 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 66 | Walla Walla University | 28500 | 51700 | 0.4492 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 67 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 68 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 69 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 70 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57600 | 0.4913 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 71 | Illinois State University | 29600 | 35200 | 0.1599 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 72 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 83200 | 0.6422 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 72 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 74 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3634 | 2,827 | 1112 | 0.6661 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 75 | Southeastern University | 30000 | 60500 | 0.5038 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 77 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 78 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5531 | 3,094 | 1105 | 0.8832 | |
| 78 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 80 | Gannon University | 30900 | 52900 | 0.4162 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 81 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4731 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 82 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 82 | Rider University | 32500 | 60600 | 0.4637 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 82 | Rockhurst University | 32500 | 62500 | 0.4789 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 86 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.3008 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 87 | Freed-Hardeman University | 33500 | 35900 | 0.0668 | 1,878 | 1120 | 0.9061 | |
| 88 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 88 | Winthrop University | 33800 | 52500 | 0.3556 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 90 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 91 | Drake University | 34800 | 68500 | 0.4918 | 2,585 | 1226 | 0.6385 | |
| 92 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 93 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4205 | 1,185 | 1110 | 0.7876 | |
| 94 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36100 | 66700 | 0.4589 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 95 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 96 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 97 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 98 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37000 | 57000 | 0.3511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 99 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 100 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 101 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 102 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 103 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 1,044 | 1163 | 0.7209 | |
| 104 | Quinnipiac University | 41700 | 79200 | 0.4734 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 105 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 106 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 107 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 108 | Biola University | 44900 | 71200 | 0.3695 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 109 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 110 | Columbia College Chicago | 53400 | 68600 | 0.2217 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 111 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 112 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 113 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 114 | Gonzaga University | 76400 | 77900 | 0.0191 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.