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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,607 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,942 Avg Salary

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

With 32 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public relations and advertising is the #95 most popular major in Colorado.

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 Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Colorado 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 Colorado

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

Best Colorado 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 Colorado. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CU - Boulder graduate students pay an average of $13,901 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CU - Boulder did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at University of Colorado Boulder

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 Colorado list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $13,313 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State also took the #2 spot in our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado rankings.

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

Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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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