Public Relations & Advertising at California State University - Long Beach

What traits are you looking for in a public relations school? To help you decide if California State University - Long Beach is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public relations program.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from CSULB.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations & Advertising section at the bottom of this page.

CSULB Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

CSULB Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at CSULB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at CSULB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations & Advertising. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	56
	77
	84
	103
	130
	133
	162
	164
	274
	319

Public Relations Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

The public relations program at CSULB awarded 54 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

CSULB also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Long Beach. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations	54

Careers That Public Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	8,330	$141,990
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310
Community Health Workers	6,160	$49,260

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.