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

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 Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,827 people earned their degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication, making the major the 183rd most popular in the United States.

Across Texas, there were 220 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 66 public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Texas”.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Texas

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 54 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$32,268 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

TCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Christian University are $32,268, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for 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.

Credits

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

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