2022 Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 3,827 people earned their degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication, making the major the 183rd most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 45 public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 public relations, advertising, and applied communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree public relations, advertising, and applied communication students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$31,754 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Emerson College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s public relations, advertising, and applied communication students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emerson, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emerson are $31,754, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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