2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

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 Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 20,229 people earned their degree in public relations and advertising, making the major the 53rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public relations and advertising graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,513 and had an average of $25,130 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 953 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,467 and $24,558 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 112 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in public relations and advertising. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public relations and advertising programs, but they also 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 public relations and advertising program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$70,776 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 50 masters’s public relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$65,238 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 24 masters’s public relations degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$56,234 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 38 diplomas to qualified masters’s public relations students in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #3 spot in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising (Income $30-$48k)

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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