2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,802 people earned their degree in other public relations, advertising, and applied communication, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 other public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$26,168 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for an Associate For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication students in 2019-2020.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane University of Louisiana is $26,168 for Associate Degree Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Tulane University of Louisiana

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%.

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.

Credits

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