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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 North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | Northern Kentucky University | 7700 | 25900 | 0.7036 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | Mississippi Valley State University | 9300 | 26500 | 0.65 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 4 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96300 | 0.902 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11000 | 27300 | 0.5981 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | Eastern Illinois University | 11900 | 24700 | 0.5167 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 8 | University of Idaho | 12900 | 27800 | 0.5369 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 9 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13000 | 17900 | 0.2758 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 10 | University of Houston | 13500 | 21800 | 0.3806 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 11 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 27200 | 0.4993 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 12 | Western Carolina University | 14000 | 16600 | 0.1541 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 13 | Salem State University | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6262 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5767 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 15 | University of Memphis | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4516 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 16 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 16 | Murray State University | 14600 | 27000 | 0.4597 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 15200 | 26100 | 0.4175 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 19 | Northern Michigan University | 15300 | 33100 | 0.5378 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 15900 | 79400 | 0.7993 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 23 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51400 | 0.6838 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 24 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 49700 | 0.6641 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 25 | Appalachian State University | 17100 | 26000 | 0.3432 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 26 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 27 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3645 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 28 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18200 | 28100 | 0.3519 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 30 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 31 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 33 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18900 | 79300 | 0.7623 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 34 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 34 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76400 | 0.7373 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 36 | Montana State University Billings | 20300 | 35100 | 0.4217 | 3,881 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 36 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 38 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20500 | 26100 | 0.2142 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 39 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 40 | Loras College | 21500 | 58400 | 0.6322 | 1,073 | 1110 | 0.6966 | |
| 41 | Freed-Hardeman University | 22000 | 35900 | 0.3872 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 42 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 43 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 33400 | 0.3202 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 44 | Illinois State University | 22800 | 36400 | 0.3742 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 45 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23200 | 36100 | 0.357 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 46 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 47 | Central Washington University | 23600 | 27900 | 0.1544 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 47 | Monmouth College | 23600 | 63400 | 0.6282 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9085 | |
| 49 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 50 | Campbellsville University | 24100 | 45100 | 0.4653 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 51 | Oral Roberts University | 24300 | 52700 | 0.5384 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 52 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 53 | Seton Hall University | 24600 | 67400 | 0.6347 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 54 | American University | 24800 | 125500 | 0.8022 | 6,730 | 1393 | 0.6556 | |
| 55 | Kent State University at Kent | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1253 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36800 | 0.3208 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 57 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 58 | Walla Walla University | 25500 | 51700 | 0.5077 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 59 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 60 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 79200 | 0.6746 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 61 | Rider University | 26700 | 60200 | 0.5565 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 62 | Hood College | 26800 | 71400 | 0.6241 | 1,157 | 1055 | 0.8517 | |
| 63 | Capital University | 27100 | 63800 | 0.5751 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 63 | Saint Ambrose University | 27100 | 57700 | 0.5306 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 65 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 66 | Western Kentucky University | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 67 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 68 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 69 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 70 | Cleveland State University | 29100 | 38600 | 0.2462 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 71 | Southern Methodist University | 29400 | 96900 | 0.6963 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 72 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 73 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 74 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30600 | 69000 | 0.5568 | 3,314 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 75 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 75 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 77 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 78 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 83500 | 0.6276 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 79 | Marquette University | 31500 | 75900 | 0.5849 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 80 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 81 | Rockhurst University | 32200 | 62500 | 0.4848 | 1,964 | 1159 | 0.9392 | |
| 82 | University of Oregon | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1826 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 83 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 84 | University of Central Missouri | 33300 | 35800 | 0.0716 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 85 | Drake University | 33400 | 68500 | 0.5131 | 2,504 | 1226 | 0.6494 | |
| 85 | Winthrop University | 33400 | 52500 | 0.3638 | 4,289 | 1130 | 0.8281 | |
| 87 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 88 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 89 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 89 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 35000 | 38500 | 0.0909 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 91 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 92 | Texas Tech University | 35800 | 41000 | 0.1269 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 93 | Rowan University | 36700 | 53600 | 0.3151 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 94 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 95 | Xavier University | 37600 | 68100 | 0.4481 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 96 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 69800 | 0.44 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 97 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 39700 | 43200 | 0.081 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 98 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 99 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 100 | Biola University | 41800 | 71100 | 0.4121 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 101 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 102 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3021 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 103 | Quinnipiac University | 49000 | 79700 | 0.3854 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 104 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 105 | Columbia College Chicago | 63200 | 68500 | 0.0773 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 106 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 77700 | 0.0888 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.