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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 Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 8800 | 96300 | 0.9082 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 3 | Mississippi Valley State University | 9000 | 26500 | 0.6613 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 4 | Western Kentucky University | 10100 | 27500 | 0.6341 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 27300 | 0.6128 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | Eastern Illinois University | 11600 | 24700 | 0.5288 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 7 | Wayne State University | 12200 | 32900 | 0.6289 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 9 | University of Georgia | 13300 | 27200 | 0.5103 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 10 | Eastern Michigan University | 14000 | 33900 | 0.5885 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 10 | Salem State University | 14000 | 38300 | 0.6341 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 12 | University of Memphis | 14200 | 26400 | 0.463 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 13 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 13 | Murray State University | 14600 | 27000 | 0.4597 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 15 | Texas State University | 14700 | 26100 | 0.4367 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 16 | Northern Michigan University | 14900 | 33100 | 0.5499 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 17 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 18 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 15400 | 79400 | 0.8055 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 20 | Appalachian State University | 15800 | 26000 | 0.3924 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 20 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 20 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 23 | Keene State College | 16200 | 51400 | 0.6855 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 24 | California State University-Long Beach | 16500 | 25800 | 0.3605 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 25 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 20100 | 0.1737 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 26 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.433 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 28 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 29 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3681 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 30 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 31 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18500 | 79300 | 0.7673 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 19500 | 21800 | 0.1055 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 33 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 76400 | 0.7439 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 34 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 47400 | 0.5845 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 35 | Montana State University Billings | 20100 | 35100 | 0.4274 | 3,881 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 36 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 36 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 38 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 39 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 40 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 41 | Loras College | 21500 | 58400 | 0.6322 | 1,073 | 1110 | 0.6966 | |
| 42 | Freed-Hardeman University | 22000 | 35900 | 0.3872 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 43 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 44 | Illinois State University | 22800 | 36400 | 0.3742 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 45 | Central Washington University | 23100 | 27900 | 0.1723 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 46 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 47 | Monmouth College | 23600 | 63400 | 0.6282 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9085 | |
| 48 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 49 | Oral Roberts University | 24000 | 52700 | 0.5441 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 50 | Campbellsville University | 24100 | 45100 | 0.4653 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 50 | Seton Hall University | 24100 | 67400 | 0.6421 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 52 | American University | 24400 | 125500 | 0.8054 | 6,730 | 1393 | 0.6556 | |
| 53 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 54 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24700 | 36800 | 0.329 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 55 | Walla Walla University | 25500 | 51700 | 0.5077 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 56 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 57 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 58 | Hood College | 26800 | 71400 | 0.6241 | 1,157 | 1055 | 0.8517 | |
| 59 | Capital University | 26900 | 63800 | 0.5783 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 60 | Saint Ambrose University | 27100 | 57700 | 0.5306 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 60 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 62 | Winthrop University | 28000 | 38600 | 0.2736 | 4,289 | 1130 | 0.8281 | |
| 63 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 64 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33000 | 0.115 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 65 | Cleveland State University | 29400 | 38600 | 0.2385 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 65 | Southern Methodist University | 29400 | 96900 | 0.6963 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 67 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 68 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 69 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30600 | 69000 | 0.5568 | 3,314 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 70 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 72 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 73 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 73 | Suffolk University | 30900 | 83500 | 0.63 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 75 | Marquette University | 31200 | 75900 | 0.5889 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 76 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 77 | Rider University | 32200 | 60200 | 0.4651 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 79 | Rockhurst University | 32800 | 62500 | 0.4746 | 1,964 | 1159 | 0.9392 | |
| 80 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 81 | University of Central Missouri | 33300 | 35800 | 0.0716 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 82 | Drake University | 33400 | 68500 | 0.5131 | 2,504 | 1226 | 0.6494 | |
| 82 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 49600 | 0.3264 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 84 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 85 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 86 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 87 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 34800 | 38500 | 0.0961 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 88 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 91 | Rowan University | 36000 | 53600 | 0.3282 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 92 | Xavier University | 37500 | 68100 | 0.4496 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 93 | Baldwin Wallace University | 38800 | 69800 | 0.4443 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 94 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 39400 | 43200 | 0.088 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 95 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 96 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 97 | Biola University | 41900 | 71100 | 0.4107 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 98 | Towson University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 99 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3029 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 100 | Quinnipiac University | 49100 | 79700 | 0.3841 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49100 | 58900 | 0.1664 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 102 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53000 | 53300 | 0.0056 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 103 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 104 | Columbia College Chicago | 62800 | 68500 | 0.0832 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 105 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 106 | Gonzaga University | 70900 | 77700 | 0.0875 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.