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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 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 2 | Mississippi Valley State University | 9400 | 26300 | 0.6421 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,886 | 1488 | 0.1397 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11600 | 22900 | 0.4943 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 13000 | 92800 | 0.8601 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3902 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 8 | Texas State University | 14800 | 25500 | 0.4199 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 9 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4443 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 10 | Appalachian State University | 15600 | 19500 | 0.2001 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 11 | Eastern Michigan University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5531 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 12 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 12 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 15 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 16 | Keene State College | 17500 | 32100 | 0.4555 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 17 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 18 | Texas Tech University | 18000 | 27100 | 0.3363 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 19 | Central Washington University | 18100 | 22700 | 0.2024 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 20 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 21 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19300 | 62200 | 0.6901 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 22 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 23 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 24 | Eastern Illinois University | 19700 | 28100 | 0.3005 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 25 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19800 | 57300 | 0.6549 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 26 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 27 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 28 | University of Memphis | 20700 | 26400 | 0.2163 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 29 | Northern Michigan University | 21000 | 33100 | 0.3656 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 30 | Loras College | 21800 | 58400 | 0.6273 | 1,123 | 1110 | 0.9986 | |
| 31 | Southwest Baptist University | 22300 | 41200 | 0.4576 | 1,710 | 1082 | 0.6839 | |
| 32 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 33 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 31000 | 0.274 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 33 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4796 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 35 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 36 | Monmouth College | 23200 | 61400 | 0.622 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9093 | |
| 37 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23300 | 24900 | 0.0642 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 38 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 39 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 40 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 40 | Saint Ambrose University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5646 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 42 | Lewis University | 24200 | 57700 | 0.5804 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 43 | American University | 24500 | 81600 | 0.7 | 7,476 | 1375 | 0.6196 | |
| 44 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 45 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 46 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5032 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 47 | Salem State University | 25800 | 43200 | 0.403 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 47 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0444 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 49 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 50 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 50 | Heidelberg University | 26100 | 48600 | 0.463 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 53 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 26400 | 31100 | 0.1512 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 54 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4551 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 55 | Capital University | 27000 | 62400 | 0.5672 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 55 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 57 | Hood College | 27100 | 71400 | 0.6202 | 1,198 | 1055 | 0.7777 | |
| 58 | Oral Roberts University | 27400 | 52700 | 0.4793 | 5,017 | 1214 | 0.989 | |
| 59 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 60 | Freed-Hardeman University | 27700 | 35900 | 0.2284 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 62 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 63 | Colorado Christian University | 28100 | 64000 | 0.5609 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 64 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 64 | Winthrop University | 28500 | 38600 | 0.2629 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 66 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | Marquette University | 28800 | 63800 | 0.5487 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 68 | Southern Methodist University | 29100 | 90100 | 0.677 | 7,285 | 1423 | 0.6335 | |
| 69 | Gannon University | 29200 | 52900 | 0.4484 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 70 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 70 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.2895 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 72 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 74 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 75 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30400 | 38500 | 0.2104 | 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 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 80 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 81 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 82 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 83 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4369 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 83 | University of Rhode Island | 32600 | 46400 | 0.2972 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 85 | Rockhurst University | 32800 | 62500 | 0.4745 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 87 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 88 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 88 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33600 | 36100 | 0.0692 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 90 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 90 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 92 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 92 | Drake University | 33800 | 68500 | 0.507 | 2,585 | 1259 | 0.6385 | |
| 94 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 95 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 96 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1383 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 97 | Montana State University Billings | 35000 | 35100 | 0.0028 | 3,881 | 1090 | 0.9947 | |
| 98 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 99 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35400 | 66100 | 0.4646 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 100 | Mount Mercy University | 35500 | 61200 | 0.4206 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 101 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 102 | Hofstra University | 38100 | 76900 | 0.5045 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 103 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 104 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 105 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 106 | Wayne State University | 40300 | 46200 | 0.1277 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 107 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 108 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 109 | Susquehanna University | 41900 | 76800 | 0.4546 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 110 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 111 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 112 | Biola University | 47400 | 71200 | 0.3344 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 113 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 114 | Columbia College Chicago | 52400 | 68600 | 0.2363 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 115 | Gonzaga University | 70700 | 76600 | 0.077 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.