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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

31 Colleges
$34,378 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,450 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising 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.

The Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public relations majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools

$12,336 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland Global Campus the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for public relations and advertising students. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public college with a very large student population.

UMGC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,336 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.

Villanova undergraduate students pay an average of $59,020 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Villanova also is in the top 10% of our Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UD are $36,880 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UD is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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$16,052 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Clarion University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public relations and advertising schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Clarion University are $16,052 a year.

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#5

Marist College

Poughkeepsie, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marist College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Marist is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Poughkeepsie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Marist are $41,305 per year.

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$25,110 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Trinity Washington University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public relations and advertising students. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trinity College are $25,110 per year.

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#7

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rider University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville.

Rider undergraduate students pay an average of $35,850 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Rider is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#8

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ
$23,408 Average Tuition & Fees

Rowan University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value public relations and advertising programs. Located in the large suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rowan are $23,408 a year.

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#9

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA
$30,602 Average Tuition & Fees

Temple University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value public relations and advertising programs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Temple are $30,602 per year.

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#10

Towson University

Towson, MD

Towson University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Towson are $25,516 a year.

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Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges by State

Explore the best public relations and advertising colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 366
Pennsylvania 108
Maryland 10
New Jersey 59
District of Columbia 266
Delaware 1

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 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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