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2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
103 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is the 288th most popular major in the country with 1,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 103 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Gonzaga University

Spokane, Washington
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gonzaga University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Gonzaga University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Spokane, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Gonzaga did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $23,389 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Gonzaga.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#2

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Azusa Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Azusa Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Azusa, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Azusa Pacific, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $21,179 for far western us region bachelor’s degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Azusa Pacific University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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#3

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pepperdine University landed the #3 spot on the list. Malibu, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

Pepperdine also made our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Pepperdine is $31,185 for far western us region bachelor’s degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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