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2023 Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$9,108 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,698 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Relations & Advertising School for You

With 27 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public relations and advertising is the #84 most popular major in South Dakota.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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 Schools in South Dakota

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

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Relations & Advertising

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for public relations and advertising students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

South Dakota State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,299 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that public relations majors at South Dakota State take out is $27,000.

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

Full Public Relations & Advertising at South Dakota State University Report

$8,916 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Black Hills State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public relations and advertising schools in South Dakota. BHSU is a small public school located in the town of Spearfish.

BHSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,916 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 356
Minnesota 128
Kansas 107
Iowa 289
Nebraska 347
North Dakota 30

Public Relations & Advertising is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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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