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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,399 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,190 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Colorado 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 Colorado

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

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Relations & Advertising

$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $12,610 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU - Boulder is ranked #3 for overall quality for public relations in Colorado.

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

$12,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Colorado 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 medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Colorado State are $12,188 a year.

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

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

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

Explore all the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools 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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