2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in District of Columbia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 231 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 123 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public relations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public relations 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 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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Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 masters’s PR degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824.

Read full report on Public Relations at GWU

#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s PR degrees to 87 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgetown, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591.

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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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