2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Public Relations is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,347 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 690 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public relations 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 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree pr students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$18,689 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 10 masters’s PR degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree pr students whose families make $0-$30k list, UH has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Relations at UH

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations (Income $0-$30k)

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.

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