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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$32,724 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,301 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.

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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.

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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Relations & Advertising

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for public relations and advertising students. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

U of U undergraduate students pay an average of $28,345 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Relations & Advertising at University of Utah Report

Out of the 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 2 spot on the list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado State are $31,470 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for public relations in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Full Public Relations & Advertising at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

The excellent programs at University of Colorado Boulder helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public relations and advertising schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $38,358 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, CU - Boulder is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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Best Public Relations & Advertising Colleges by State

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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 3 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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