Some thoughts below. I went to NCES College Navigator and looked at colleges with Comms majors where 1100-1200 SAT was the 25th percentile (making your’s a target student in the middle 50%.
These public’s are more affordable
Slippery Rock (PA-Public) Very affordable, total $30k on campus but can be cheaper if OOS and you have a 3.0 in HS (never seen that before). Auto accept > 3.25 HS GPA located 1nhr north of Pittsburgh. Mostly test optional (25% submit SAT). Small/med school with 7,000 UG. Comms, Art, and Info Studies are larger, popular majors. Has smaller Spanish program. Not a very diverse student body.
Montclair (NJ -Public). More expensive - need some aid. $44k total OOS on campus. Medium/large with 17,000 undergrads. Gives aid. Pretty campus with Mission style buildings. Close to NYC with direct Train. Test optional and 1140 SAT is about the middle student of submitted (8%). Comm and Art are popular majors and has Spanish. Also has larger Linguistic programs which might be good for future library/museums graduate studies. Extremely diverse student body.
A similar school to Montclair but smaller is Ramapo with 5,000 UG students.
Rowan (NJ - Public)- also expensive but does have some OOS merit scholarships. $45k total direct cost OOS on campus. Located in South Jersey. 15,000 UG students. Test optional but With more STEM majors at the school an 1140 SAT is closer to 25th percentile for 32% who submitted. Has comms, advertising, PR etc. Has Spanish and art majors and info science which is a part of library science.
A similar school to Rowan is TCNJ near Princeton. Similar to Rowan in price and student body and programs but smaller about 7,000 students.
Some privates below ranging from 2000-7000 students with approx direct cost before aid. The real cost will depend heavily on aid at the school. Run the NPCs.
DeSales ¶ $60k
Johnson & Wales (RI). $60k
Roger Williams (RI) $60k
Allegheny ¶ $65k
Adelphi (NY) $70k
Susquehanna ¶ $70k
Moravian ¶ $70k