2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in North Carolina (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Public Relations & Advertising is the 53rd most popular major in the country with 20,229 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 North Carolina, there were 414 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,250 and $21,507 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 public relations and advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public relations and advertising 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 and advertising program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,231 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Relations Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 14 masters’s public relations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Relations & Advertising at NC State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising (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.

Credits

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

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