2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,802 people earned their degree in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 283 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 165 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in the Southeast Region

#1

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to qualified students.

A-State also made our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at A-State are $11,586, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full A-State Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Report

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 10 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Liberty University

#3

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #3 spot on the list. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 145 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to qualified students.

WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at WVU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication

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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