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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is the 183rd most popular major in the country with 3,827 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 169 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 22 public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The public relations, advertising, and applied communication school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania”.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Pennsylvania

#1

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$37,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Drexel is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel also made our “Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Drexel University

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.

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