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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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 2 | Washington and Lee University | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9025 | 1,916 | 1484 | 0.1354 | |
| 3 | Mississippi Valley State University | 9600 | 26300 | 0.6345 | 2,013 | 845 | 0.9238 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 12200 | 92800 | 0.8687 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 6 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2814 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 7 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5127 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 8 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 9 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4495 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 10 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 11 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 12 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 13 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15900 | 24200 | 0.3436 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 14 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 15 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 16 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5431 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 16 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 16 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 19 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 20 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 21 | Keene State College | 17500 | 41400 | 0.5763 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | Salem State University | 17600 | 28500 | 0.3824 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 23 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 24 | Central Washington University | 18500 | 22700 | 0.1848 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 25 | Campbellsville University | 19100 | 43200 | 0.5573 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 26 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 27 | Lee University | 19700 | 37400 | 0.4736 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 27 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7513 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 27 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 30 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75900 | 0.7342 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 31 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20300 | 57300 | 0.6461 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 32 | Eastern Illinois University | 20400 | 28100 | 0.2735 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 33 | University of Memphis | 21100 | 26400 | 0.2011 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 34 | Northern Michigan University | 21400 | 33100 | 0.3535 | 6,650 | 1100 | 0.8505 | |
| 35 | Loras College | 21700 | 58400 | 0.6289 | 1,073 | 1110 | 0.6966 | |
| 36 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 37 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 38 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23700 | 24900 | 0.0481 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 39 | Monmouth College | 23800 | 63400 | 0.6252 | 713 | 1120 | 0.9085 | |
| 40 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 41 | Saint Ambrose University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5628 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 42 | Oral Roberts University | 24300 | 52700 | 0.5389 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 43 | American University | 24900 | 81600 | 0.695 | 6,730 | 1393 | 0.6556 | |
| 43 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24900 | 38400 | 0.3519 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 45 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 46 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 46 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 49 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5047 | 1,314 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 50 | Otterbein University | 25800 | 57300 | 0.5497 | 2,292 | 1126 | 0.8388 | |
| 50 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2828 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 54 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 55 | Hood College | 27000 | 71400 | 0.6215 | 1,157 | 1055 | 0.8517 | |
| 56 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 57 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 58 | Freed-Hardeman University | 28500 | 35900 | 0.2061 | 1,873 | 1120 | 0.5968 | |
| 59 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 59 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 61 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 61 | Southern Methodist University | 29700 | 90100 | 0.6703 | 7,545 | 1427 | 0.4764 | |
| 63 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.4838 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 64 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 64 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 66 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 67 | Palm Beach Atlantic University | 30700 | 69000 | 0.5545 | 3,314 | 1094 | 0.8199 | |
| 68 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 69 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 70 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 71 | Rockhurst University | 32200 | 62500 | 0.4848 | 1,964 | 1159 | 0.9392 | |
| 72 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 73 | Morgan State University | 32500 | 41900 | 0.2245 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 73 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 32500 | 38700 | 0.1603 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 75 | Marquette University | 32800 | 66500 | 0.5067 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 75 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 77 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 78 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 78 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 80 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 80 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 80 | Winthrop University | 33700 | 52500 | 0.3585 | 4,289 | 1130 | 0.8281 | |
| 83 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 83 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1418 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 85 | Drake University | 34700 | 68500 | 0.4941 | 2,504 | 1226 | 0.6494 | |
| 86 | Montana State University Billings | 35000 | 35100 | 0.0028 | 3,881 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 87 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 88 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 89 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 90 | Seton Hall University | 38200 | 67400 | 0.433 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 91 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 92 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 39000 | 50300 | 0.2249 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 93 | Baldwin Wallace University | 39100 | 66100 | 0.4086 | 2,532 | 1210 | 0.7739 | |
| 94 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 95 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 96 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 97 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 98 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 99 | Biola University | 46600 | 71200 | 0.3456 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 101 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 102 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 103 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 104 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 105 | Columbia College Chicago | 63300 | 68600 | 0.0773 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 106 | Gonzaga University | 70800 | 76600 | 0.0757 | 4,976 | 1328 | 0.7962 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.