2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Advertising (With Aid)
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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.
For this year’s “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in advertising. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent advertising programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree advertising students with aid.
Top 13 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Advertising (With Aid)
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 #1 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
UIUC also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.
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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 #2 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 38 diplomas to qualified masters’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 7 masters’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. University of Oregon is a large public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 19 masters’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
UO also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oregon are $29,991, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 23 masters’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA, the school also landed the #8 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 The University of Alabama are $30,940.
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Santurce, , this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
Sagrado also took the #11 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Universidad del Sagrado Corazon are $5,433, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #7, Boston University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 masters’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Temple University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Temple is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 masters’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Temple also made our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Webster University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 11 masters’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed the #10 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 Webster University are $13,500.
With a ranking of #10, St John’s University - New York did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. STJ is a private not-for-profit institution located in Queens, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
STJ also took the #0 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 St John’s University - New York are $30,666.
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Southern Methodist University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree advertising students with aid list, SMU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #12, School of Visual Arts did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. School of Visual Arts is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 masters’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SVA, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SVA are $48,600, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Syracuse University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Syracuse, 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 19 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Syracuse, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Advertising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse are $41,714, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
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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