2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree School for You
Public Relations & Advertising is the #71 most popular major in the country with 2,828 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Check out the public relations master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found University of Delaware to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . UD is a very large public school located in the suburb of Newark.
UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UD also did well on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marist College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Marist is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie.
Marist graduate students pay an average of $15,760 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Trinity College are $14,850 per year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rider University is a great value for public relations and advertising students working on their master’s degree. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lawrenceville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rider are $20,159 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Rider also did well on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public school with a large student population.
Rowan graduate students pay an average of $16,146 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Public Relations & Advertising at Rowan University Report
Temple University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Temple are $24,812 a year.
Towson University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Towson are $19,890 per year.
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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. East Stroudsburg University is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of East Stroudsburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at East Stroudsburg University are $16,728 per year.
George Washington University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, GWU is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public relations and advertising programs. IUP is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Indiana.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUP are $18,207 per year.
Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges by State
Explore the best public relations and advertising schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 366 |
Pennsylvania | 108 |
Maryland | 10 |
New Jersey | 59 |
District of Columbia | 266 |
Delaware | 1 |
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Majors Related to Public Relations
One of 5 majors within the area of study, public relations and advertising has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Public Relations
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 25 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.
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