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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 | Washington and Lee University | 7300 | 87100 | 0.9163 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 2 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11300 | 22900 | 0.5075 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 3 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 5 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4717 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 6 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 13600 | 88800 | 0.8472 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 8 | Mississippi Valley State University | 13900 | 22600 | 0.3849 | 2,005 | 865 | 0.5116 | |
| 9 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | University of Houston | 14800 | 23600 | 0.3734 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 12 | University of Central Missouri | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4125 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 40600 | 0.6307 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 14 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 27700 | 0.4369 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 15 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 16 | Appalachian State University | 16100 | 19500 | 0.1742 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 17 | Ferris State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.462 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 17 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16700 | 27800 | 0.3998 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 19 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 19700 | 0.1272 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 20 | Central Washington University | 17300 | 22700 | 0.2376 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 21 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 18500 | 36100 | 0.4873 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 24 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 25 | Lee University | 19500 | 37100 | 0.4738 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 26 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 27 | Loras College | 19800 | 56900 | 0.6527 | 1,169 | 1110 | 0.1854 | |
| 28 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20900 | 88800 | 0.7647 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 30 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 32 | Illinois State University | 21600 | 35200 | 0.3871 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 33 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43300 | 0.4847 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 34 | Colorado Christian University | 22500 | 63300 | 0.6444 | 6,730 | 1110 | 0.8328 | |
| 34 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 22500 | 26400 | 0.148 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 37 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 22800 | 56500 | 0.5969 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 38 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 39 | Saint Ambrose University | 23000 | 54500 | 0.578 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 40 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 41 | Monmouth College | 23300 | 61400 | 0.6211 | 727 | 1150 | 0.866 | |
| 42 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 29900 | 0.2177 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 43 | Utica University | 23500 | 41100 | 0.4279 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 44 | Oral Roberts University | 23600 | 55600 | 0.5754 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 44 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 46 | Northern Michigan University | 24500 | 32900 | 0.2556 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 47 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 48 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 49 | Dordt University | 25000 | 52300 | 0.5218 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 49 | Lewis University | 25000 | 57400 | 0.5641 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 51 | Western Kentucky University | 25200 | 26800 | 0.0598 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 53 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5024 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 54 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36500 | 0.2873 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 54 | Marquette University | 26000 | 65700 | 0.6039 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 54 | Otterbein University | 26000 | 66500 | 0.6094 | 2,211 | 1114 | 0.8452 | |
| 57 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 58 | Northern Kentucky University | 26700 | 31600 | 0.1549 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 59 | Webster University | 26900 | 54300 | 0.5042 | 2,091 | 1105 | 0.9594 | |
| 60 | Capital University | 27100 | 68600 | 0.6051 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 61 | Hood College | 27200 | 71400 | 0.6195 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 62 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 63 | Rowan University | 27500 | 40500 | 0.3209 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 64 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1414 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 65 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.2232 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 66 | Lipscomb University | 28300 | 57600 | 0.5077 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 67 | American University | 28400 | 82000 | 0.6538 | 7,476 | 1372 | 0.6187 | |
| 68 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 69 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 70 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | Salem State University | 29200 | 38900 | 0.2491 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 72 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 73 | Huntington University | 29800 | 44300 | 0.3276 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 73 | Keene State College | 29800 | 40700 | 0.2688 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 75 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3621 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 75 | Southern Methodist University | 29900 | 81700 | 0.6343 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 77 | Gannon University | 30100 | 45300 | 0.3356 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 30100 | 41000 | 0.2656 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 79 | Mississippi College | 30300 | 45400 | 0.3324 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 80 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 81 | University of Rhode Island | 31000 | 46700 | 0.3362 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 82 | Rider University | 31300 | 64300 | 0.5131 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 83 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 31400 | 64500 | 0.5138 | 3,094 | 1105 | 0.8832 | |
| 84 | Freed-Hardeman University | 32100 | 35100 | 0.0856 | 1,878 | 1180 | 0.9061 | |
| 84 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 86 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 87 | Rockhurst University | 32800 | 62500 | 0.4744 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 88 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 89 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 90 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.5059 | 2,585 | 1283 | 0.6385 | |
| 91 | Montana State University Billings | 34000 | 34600 | 0.0173 | 3,881 | 1035 | 0.9991 | |
| 92 | Taylor University | 34100 | 57600 | 0.4074 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 93 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 94 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 95 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35500 | 47300 | 0.2494 | 2,862 | 1194 | 0.757 | |
| 95 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.42 | 1,185 | 1075 | 0.7876 | |
| 97 | Towson University | 36200 | 45700 | 0.2079 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 98 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 99 | Wayne State University | 39100 | 45500 | 0.1406 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 100 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4108 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 101 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39800 | 53300 | 0.2532 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 102 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 103 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 103 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 105 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 106 | Quinnipiac University | 42000 | 79200 | 0.4696 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 107 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 108 | Winthrop University | 44000 | 44000 | 0 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 109 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 110 | University of Oregon | 59400 | 68900 | 0.1389 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 111 | Columbia College Chicago | 67200 | 67200 | 0 | 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.