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2022 Best Value Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
430 Degrees Awarded
$21,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 20,229 people earned their degree in public relations and advertising, making the major the 53rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public relations and advertising graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,513 and had an average of $25,130 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 430 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in public relations and advertising. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public relations and advertising 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 and advertising 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 Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree public relations students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising (With Aid)

#1

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fashion Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in New York, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 342 diplomas to qualified associates’s public relations students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree public relations students with aid list, FIT SUNY has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,523 for associate degree public relations students with aid per year to attend Fashion Institute of Technology.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full FIT SUNY Public Relations & Advertising Report

#2

Franklin University

Columbus, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Franklin University landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s public relations degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Franklin University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Franklin University is $12,895 for associate degree public relations students with aid.

Full Franklin University Public Relations & Advertising Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 4 associates’s public relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $4,208 for Associate Degree Public Relations students with aid per year to attend Sinclair Community College.

Full Sinclair Community College Public Relations & Advertising Report

#4

Lynn University

Boca Raton, Florida
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lynn University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Boca Raton, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s public relations degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Lynn University Fighting Knights also made our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Lynn University Fighting Knights is $36,044 for Associate Degree Public Relations students with aid.

Read more about Public Relations & Advertising at Lynn University Fighting Knights

#5

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #5 spot on the list. Tulane is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $37,841 for Associate Degree Public Relations students with aid per year to attend Tulane University of Louisiana.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Tulane Public Relations & Advertising Report

#6

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida
#6 in overall quality

Full Sail University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Relations Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Full Sail University is a private for-profit institution located in Winter Park, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Full Sail University is $27,524 for Associate Degree Public Relations students with aid.

Read more about Public Relations & Advertising at Full Sail University

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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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