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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 | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Mississippi Valley State University | 9300 | 26300 | 0.6459 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 5 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 13100 | 92800 | 0.859 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 9 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 11 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 12 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 13 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.5559 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 14 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 15 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 16 | Keene State College | 17400 | 32100 | 0.4572 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 17 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 18 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 19 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 20 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 62200 | 0.6917 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 21 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 22 | Eastern Illinois University | 19500 | 28100 | 0.3076 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 22 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19500 | 57300 | 0.6601 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 24 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3555 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 25 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 26 | Montana State University Billings | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2119 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 27 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 28 | University of Memphis | 20600 | 29600 | 0.3044 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 29 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 30 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 31 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6273 | 1,123 | 1110 | 0.9986 | |
| 32 | Southwest Baptist University | 22200 | 41200 | 0.46 | 1,710 | 1082 | 0.6839 | |
| 33 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 34 | Central Washington University | 22800 | 27200 | 0.1616 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 35 | Illinois State University | 23200 | 36400 | 0.3628 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 35 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.622 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9093 | |
| 37 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3197 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 38 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 39 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 40 | Lewis University | 24000 | 57700 | 0.5838 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 40 | Saint Ambrose University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.5664 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 42 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 43 | American University | 24400 | 81600 | 0.7012 | 7,476 | 1375 | 0.6196 | |
| 44 | Temple University | 24500 | 36100 | 0.3216 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 45 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 46 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 47 | Salem State University | 25700 | 43200 | 0.4053 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 47 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5032 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 47 | Western Kentucky University | 25700 | 41800 | 0.3851 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 50 | Heidelberg University | 26000 | 48600 | 0.4651 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 50 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 52 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 54 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 55 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6202 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 55 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 57 | Oral Roberts University | 27300 | 52700 | 0.4812 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 58 | Freed-Hardeman University | 27700 | 35900 | 0.2284 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 58 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1437 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 58 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 61 | Colorado Christian University | 28000 | 64000 | 0.5624 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 61 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 61 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 64 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 65 | Marquette University | 28700 | 63800 | 0.5503 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 66 | Gannon University | 29000 | 52900 | 0.4522 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 67 | Southern Methodist University | 29100 | 90100 | 0.677 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 68 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41900 | 0.2986 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 68 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 70 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 71 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 72 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 73 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 73 | Northern Kentucky University | 30000 | 32100 | 0.0655 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 75 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 76 | Otterbein University | 30500 | 57300 | 0.4677 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 77 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 78 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30800 | 69000 | 0.5533 | 3,312 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 79 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 80 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 81 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 82 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 82 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 84 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4368 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 85 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4769 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 87 | Biola University | 33600 | 71200 | 0.5283 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 87 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 89 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 89 | 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 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 93 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1365 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 95 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35300 | 66100 | 0.4662 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 96 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 97 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 98 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 38600 | 50300 | 0.2328 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53100 | 0.2711 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 100 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 101 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 102 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 103 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 104 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 105 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 106 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 107 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 108 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 109 | Columbia College Chicago | 52300 | 68600 | 0.2378 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 110 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 111 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 112 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56800 | 0.0176 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 113 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 114 | University of Oregon | 64100 | 71300 | 0.1003 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 115 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 76600 | 0.0757 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.