2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree School for You
Public Relations & Advertising is the #40 most popular major in Illinois with 930 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, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master's Degree Colleges.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Relations & Advertising
Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIUC are $17,823 a year.
UIUC also made our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means DePaul University is a great value for public relations and advertising students working on their master’s degree. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 1,190 |
| Ohio | 634 |
| Indiana | 322 |
| Wisconsin | 288 |
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Majors Related to Public Relations
One of 5 majors within the area of study, public relations and advertising has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication & Media Studies | 66,787 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 17,669 |
| Journalism | 13,552 |
| Communication & Journalism (Other) | 1,128 |
| Publishing | 336 |
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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