Public Relations at Drake University

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 Drake University stacks up to those at other schools.

Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and has a total student population of 4,774. Of the 272 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Drake University in 2021, 46 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.

Drake Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Drake Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Drake 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 Drake 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
	5
	6
	7
	10
	31
	36
	48
	58

PR Student Demographics at Drake

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the PR majors at Drake University.

Drake Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 46 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in PR from Drake in 2021, 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Drake are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Drake University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Drake 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 IA, the home state for Drake University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists	1,820	$56,880
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	960	$103,350
Communications Professors	480	$88,340
Advertising and Promotions Managers	200	$113,030

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 Limitingflame1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.