2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k
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Advertising is the 138th most popular major in the country with 4,751 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 223 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in advertising. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great advertising programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the advertising program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k.
Top 13 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Advertising (Income $75-$110k)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s advertising degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
UIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Oregon is located in Eugene, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UO, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oregon are $29,991.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 40 diplomas to qualified masters’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Syracuse University is a large school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 19 masters’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Syracuse also took the #2 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse are $41,714, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Temple University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Temple is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 masters’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree advertising students whose families make $75-$110k list, Temple has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236.
With a ranking of #7, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 7 masters’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Michigan State also took the #7 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.
The University of Alabama ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s advertising degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.
UA also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Santurce, is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s advertising degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
Sagrado also took the #11 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Universidad del Sagrado Corazon are $5,433.
With a ranking of #10, Webster University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Webster University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 11 masters’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500.
Southern Methodist University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 15 masters’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
SMU also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.
St John’s University - New York did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #12. Queens, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s advertising degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
STJ also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St John’s University - New York are $30,666.
School of Visual Arts landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in New York, New York, this small private for-profit school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
SVA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at School of Visual Arts are $48,600.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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