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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,175 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,942 Avg Salary

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

Public Relations & Advertising is the #108 most popular major in Virginia with 34 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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

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

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

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Virginia. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Virginia State University

Petersburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Virginia State is a small public school located in the suburb of Petersburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Virginia State are $11,989 per year.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at Virginia State University Report

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
Florida 152
Georgia 28
North Carolina 33
Tennessee 4
Kentucky 34
Louisiana 16
Alabama 87
South Carolina 10
Mississippi 30
Arkansas 34
West Virginia 93

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 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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