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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 California.
                                
                                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 California.
                                
                                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 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 23100 | 0.7268 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 7000 | 15500 | 0.5492 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | Washington and Lee University | 7200 | 87100 | 0.9175 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 10300 | 88800 | 0.8844 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10700 | 22900 | 0.5337 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 7 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4701 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 8 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4863 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 9 | Northern Kentucky University | 13300 | 25900 | 0.4873 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 10 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13800 | 22600 | 0.3893 | 2,005 | 865 | 0.5116 | |
| 11 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | University of Central Missouri | 14600 | 24600 | 0.4083 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 14 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 40600 | 0.6331 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 15 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 16 | California State University-Long Beach | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3956 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 17 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 18 | Central Washington University | 17100 | 22700 | 0.2464 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 19 | Keene State College | 18100 | 31900 | 0.4312 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 19 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 19700 | 0.0813 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 21 | Illinois State University | 18200 | 29300 | 0.3783 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 18300 | 36100 | 0.4931 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 25 | Brigham Young University | 19100 | 29000 | 0.3411 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 26 | Lee University | 19300 | 37100 | 0.4792 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 27 | University of Southern California | 19500 | 71400 | 0.7271 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 28 | Loras College | 19900 | 56900 | 0.6503 | 1,169 | 1110 | 0.1854 | |
| 29 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20800 | 88800 | 0.7659 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 29 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 31 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 32 | Colorado Christian University | 22400 | 63300 | 0.6459 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 22400 | 30000 | 0.2538 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 34 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 22600 | 56500 | 0.6004 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 35 | Saint Ambrose University | 22900 | 54500 | 0.5799 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 36 | Monmouth College | 23400 | 61400 | 0.619 | 727 | 1150 | 0.866 | |
| 36 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 29900 | 0.2177 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 36 | Utica University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4303 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 39 | Oral Roberts University | 23500 | 55600 | 0.5774 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 40 | Freed-Hardeman University | 24300 | 35100 | 0.308 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
| 41 | Northern Michigan University | 24400 | 32900 | 0.2587 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 42 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 43 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52300 | 0.5237 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 43 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57400 | 0.5658 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 45 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 46 | Iowa State University | 25200 | 41500 | 0.3935 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 36500 | 0.301 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 48 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51100 | 0.4996 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 49 | Otterbein University | 26100 | 66500 | 0.6079 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 50 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 52 | Webster University | 26800 | 54300 | 0.5061 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 53 | Capital University | 27000 | 68600 | 0.6065 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 54 | Hood College | 27300 | 71400 | 0.6177 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 55 | Cleveland State University | 27400 | 37300 | 0.2656 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 56 | Rowan University | 27700 | 40500 | 0.316 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 57 | Murray State University | 28000 | 32400 | 0.1355 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 57 | York College of Pennsylvania | 28000 | 41400 | 0.3238 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 59 | Lipscomb University | 28300 | 57600 | 0.5086 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 59 | University of Northern Iowa | 28300 | 36200 | 0.218 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 61 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 62 | American University | 28900 | 82000 | 0.6477 | 7,476 | 1372 | 0.6187 | |
| 63 | Salem State University | 29100 | 38900 | 0.2517 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 64 | Southern Adventist University | 29300 | 44900 | 0.3483 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 65 | Mercy University | 29600 | 44500 | 0.335 | 6,775 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 66 | Westminster College | 29900 | 57500 | 0.4797 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 67 | Gannon University | 30000 | 45300 | 0.3378 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 67 | Huntington University | 30000 | 44300 | 0.3231 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 70 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 70 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 73 | Averett University | 30500 | 57200 | 0.467 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 73 | Mississippi College | 30500 | 45400 | 0.3282 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 75 | University of Rhode Island | 30800 | 46700 | 0.3405 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 76 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 77 | Rider University | 31100 | 64300 | 0.5162 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 78 | Auburn University | 31300 | 34400 | 0.0902 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 80 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 31500 | 64500 | 0.5122 | 3,094 | 1105 | 0.8832 | |
| 81 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 82 | Baldwin Wallace University | 32100 | 47300 | 0.3213 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 82 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 84 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 85 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4769 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 86 | Appalachian State University | 33200 | 35800 | 0.0726 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 87 | University of Oregon | 33400 | 38600 | 0.1341 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 88 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 89 | Montana State University Billings | 34000 | 34600 | 0.0173 | 3,881 | 1035 | 0.9991 | |
| 90 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4076 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 91 | Drake University | 35100 | 68500 | 0.4881 | 2,585 | 1226 | 0.6385 | |
| 92 | Mount Mercy University | 35600 | 61200 | 0.4186 | 1,185 | 1075 | 0.7876 | |
| 93 | Western Kentucky University | 36200 | 41900 | 0.1361 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 94 | Southern Methodist University | 36700 | 81700 | 0.551 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 95 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 96 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 97 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 98 | Wayne State University | 38900 | 45500 | 0.145 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39500 | 52900 | 0.2532 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 100 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4093 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 101 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40000 | 53300 | 0.2495 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 102 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 103 | Temple University | 41000 | 56100 | 0.2691 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 104 | Marquette University | 41500 | 75100 | 0.4475 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 105 | Hofstra University | 41900 | 74600 | 0.4382 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 105 | Quinnipiac University | 41900 | 79200 | 0.4709 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 107 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 108 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 109 | Winthrop University | 44000 | 44000 | 0 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 110 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 111 | Columbia College Chicago | 52600 | 67200 | 0.2172 | 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.