2022 Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

Across Louisiana, there were 114 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,900 and $27,112 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public relations and advertising programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public relations and advertising program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in Louisiana

#1

Southeastern Louisiana University

Hammond, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$21,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Louisiana University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeastern is a fairly large school located in Hammond, Louisiana that handed out 9 masters’s public relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeastern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southeastern Louisiana University are $21,246.

Read more about Public Relations & Advertising at Southeastern Louisiana 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.

Credits

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

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