2022 Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Public Relations & Advertising is the 53rd most popular major in the country with 20,229 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 800 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,750 and $19,475 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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 and advertising program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 10 masters’s public relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Relations & Advertising at Colorado State

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 9 masters’s public relations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU - Boulder, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980.

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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.

Credits

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

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