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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 | Washington and Lee University | 4600 | 87100 | 0.9473 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 2 | Boston University | 6600 | 88800 | 0.9261 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 11100 | 29000 | 0.6168 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11200 | 22900 | 0.5118 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 30900 | 0.6208 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 6 | Northern Kentucky University | 13100 | 25900 | 0.495 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 7 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 8 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13900 | 22600 | 0.3849 | 2,005 | 865 | 0.5116 | |
| 8 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 27000 | 0.485 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 31300 | 0.534 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | University of Central Missouri | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4125 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 12 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4463 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 40600 | 0.6183 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 14 | Appalachian State University | 16400 | 19500 | 0.1588 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 15 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 17 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 18 | University of Southern California | 16900 | 76000 | 0.7776 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 19 | University of Georgia | 17200 | 27100 | 0.363 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 20 | Eastern Illinois University | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3576 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 21 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 18000 | 32100 | 0.4399 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 22 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 19700 | 0.0813 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 23 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 24 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 25 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 26 | Montana State University Billings | 19000 | 29100 | 0.3472 | 3,881 | 1035 | 0.9991 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 19200 | 36100 | 0.4687 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 28 | University of Memphis | 19400 | 26400 | 0.2657 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 29 | Western Kentucky University | 19500 | 26800 | 0.2698 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 30 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 31 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 32 | Lee University | 20500 | 37100 | 0.4469 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20600 | 26900 | 0.2341 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 34 | Salem State University | 20800 | 28500 | 0.2701 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 35 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 36 | Olivet Nazarene University | 21600 | 88800 | 0.7571 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 37 | Loras College | 21700 | 58400 | 0.628 | 1,169 | 1110 | 0.1854 | |
| 38 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 39 | Colorado Christian University | 23100 | 63300 | 0.6349 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 40 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.6225 | 727 | 1150 | 0.866 | |
| 40 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 23200 | 56500 | 0.5898 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 42 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 43 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 44 | Saint Ambrose University | 23600 | 54500 | 0.567 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 44 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 29900 | 0.211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 46 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 46 | Utica University | 24000 | 41100 | 0.4157 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 48 | Oral Roberts University | 24200 | 55600 | 0.5652 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 49 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 50 | Northern Michigan University | 25200 | 32900 | 0.2343 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 51 | American University | 25300 | 82000 | 0.6916 | 7,476 | 1372 | 0.6187 | |
| 51 | Temple University | 25300 | 36300 | 0.3033 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 53 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52300 | 0.5142 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 54 | Lewis University | 25500 | 57400 | 0.5554 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | Otterbein University | 25900 | 66500 | 0.6109 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 57 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36500 | 0.2873 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 58 | Point Park University | 26200 | 56800 | 0.5391 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 59 | Marquette University | 26400 | 65700 | 0.5978 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 60 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6207 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 61 | Webster University | 27300 | 54300 | 0.4969 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 62 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 63 | Capital University | 27500 | 68600 | 0.5992 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 64 | Central Washington University | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 65 | California State University-Long Beach | 28300 | 38400 | 0.2634 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 66 | Winthrop University | 28400 | 38600 | 0.2643 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 67 | Walla Walla University | 28500 | 51700 | 0.4499 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 68 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 69 | Lipscomb University | 28700 | 57600 | 0.5016 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 71 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 72 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57500 | 0.4901 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 73 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 74 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 74 | Southern Methodist University | 29800 | 81700 | 0.6355 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 76 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 77 | Keene State College | 30500 | 40700 | 0.2513 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 78 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 30700 | 41000 | 0.251 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 80 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5537 | 3,094 | 1105 | 0.8832 | |
| 81 | Gannon University | 30900 | 45300 | 0.318 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 82 | Freed-Hardeman University | 31200 | 35100 | 0.1112 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
| 83 | University of Houston | 31500 | 35200 | 0.1052 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 84 | Rider University | 32100 | 64300 | 0.5006 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 86 | Rockhurst University | 32600 | 62500 | 0.4788 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 87 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32800 | 38500 | 0.1481 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 87 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 89 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 38600 | 0.1424 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 90 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 91 | Taylor University | 34000 | 57600 | 0.4097 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 92 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 93 | Drake University | 34700 | 68500 | 0.4928 | 2,585 | 1226 | 0.6385 | |
| 94 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.421 | 1,185 | 1075 | 0.7876 | |
| 95 | Baldwin Wallace University | 36100 | 47300 | 0.2367 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 96 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 36900 | 53900 | 0.3154 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 97 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 98 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 99 | Hofstra University | 39100 | 74600 | 0.4757 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 100 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 101 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 53300 | 0.2551 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 101 | Wayne State University | 39700 | 45500 | 0.1274 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 103 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 104 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 105 | Quinnipiac University | 42500 | 79200 | 0.4633 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 106 | University of Florida | 43900 | 45600 | 0.0372 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 107 | Western Washington University | 44600 | 50900 | 0.1237 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 108 | Illinois State University | 45100 | 47300 | 0.0466 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 109 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 110 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 111 | Columbia College Chicago | 67200 | 67200 | 0 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 112 | Gonzaga University | 68600 | 68700 | 0.0013 | 5,281 | 1303 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.