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2022 Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$48,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value PR Schools for a Master's in California For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

Across California, there were 391 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 California For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree pr students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in California (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 53 masters’s PR degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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