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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,497 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,942 Avg Salary

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

Public Relations & Advertising is the #94 most popular major in South Carolina with 10 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for public relations students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

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

Check out the public relations master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

Our analysis found College of Charleston to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Carolina. Located in the city of Charleston, C of C is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at C of C are $14,230 per year.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at College of Charleston

Out of the 2 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Coastal Carolina University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Coastal Carolina University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Conway.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Coastal Carolina University are $10,764 per year.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at Coastal Carolina University

Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 34
Florida 152
Georgia 28
North Carolina 33
Tennessee 4
Kentucky 34
Louisiana 16
Alabama 87
Mississippi 30
Arkansas 34
West Virginia 93

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
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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