2022 Best Value Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Illinois (With Aid)

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Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication is the 183rd most popular major in the country with 3,827 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 7 public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Saint Xavier University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$14,528 Average Net Price

$45,435 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Xavier University landed the #1 spot on the list. SXU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SXU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Xavier University is $14,528 for Illinois Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication students with aid.

Read more about Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Saint Xavier University

• Best Value Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication (With Aid)

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.

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