2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in Missouri

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Missouri, there were 316 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,100 and $27,644 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public relations and advertising. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public relations and advertising programs and 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 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 Missouri” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree public relations students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in Missouri

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,136 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 20 masters’s public relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster also made our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$15,696 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. Maryville U is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s public relations degrees to qualified students.

Maryville U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville U are $15,696.

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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

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