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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$31,498 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,942 Avg Salary

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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Relations & Advertising

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CU - Boulder also is in the top 15% of our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at University of Colorado Boulder Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.

Colorado State also took the #5 spot in our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges by State

Explore the best public relations and advertising schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 32
Utah 7
Idaho 0
Montana 3

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public relations and advertising has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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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