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

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 the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 338 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 13 public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in the Plains States Region

#1

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$15,696 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Maryville U is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication degrees to qualified students.

Maryville U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville University of Saint Louis are $15,696.

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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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