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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$30,910 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,942 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 118 degrees and certificates were awarded to public relations and advertising students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #84 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public relations students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Relations & Advertising

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $17,823 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UIUC also made our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

The excellent master’s degree programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public relations and advertising schools in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DePaul are $18,341 a year.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at DePaul University

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for public relations and advertising students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.

Northwestern also made our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 23
Ohio 48
Indiana 28
Wisconsin 0

Public Relations & Advertising is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Journalism 1,238
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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