Public Relations at Columbia College Chicago

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 Columbia College Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,769. Of the 75 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College Chicago in 2021, 13 of them were public relations majors.

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.

Columbia Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Columbia Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Columbia 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 PR major at Columbia 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
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	35
	47
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	56
	58
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	76

PR Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the PR majors at Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in PR from Columbia. About 15% were men and 85% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Columbia are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Advertising

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 IL, the home state for Columbia College Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,160	$119,330
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.