Public Relations at California State University - Long Beach

Every public relations school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the PR program at California State University - Long Beach stacks up to those at other schools.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 54 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from CSULB.

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

CSULB Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

CSULB Public Relations Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at CSULB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. 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
	22
	29
	29
	33
	54
	57
	61
	64
	90
	97

PR Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in PR from CSULB. About 24% were men and 76% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at CSULB since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% more racial-ethnic minorities in its PR 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 PR.

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 PR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

A degree in PR 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
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	8,330	$141,990
Advertising and Promotions Managers	2,850	$137,630

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.