2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Plains States region, there were 298 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The pr 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 PR Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s PR students in 2019-2020.

Webster also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Relations at Webster University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations (With Aid)

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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