2022 Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Far Western US region, there were 720 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public relations 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 program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree pr students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value PR Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 53 diplomas to qualified masters’s PR students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations (Income $75-$110k)

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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