2022 Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Public Relations is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,347 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 846 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public relations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public relations programs, but they also cost less that 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 program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree pr students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s PR students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Michigan State University Public Relations Report

#2

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$26,013 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #2 spot on the list. IUPUI is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 4 masters’s PR degrees in 2019-2020.

IUPUI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis are $26,013.

Read full report on Public Relations at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations (Income $0-$30k)

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

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