Public Relations at Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 16,294 students attend the school each year. Of the 634 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2021, 28 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.

Eastern Michigan Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Eastern Michigan Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how Eastern Michigan performed in these rankings.

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 Eastern Michigan 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
	63
	86

PR Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in PR from Eastern Michigan in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Eastern Michigan are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Eastern Michigan 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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Public Relations Specialists	6,280	$61,760
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,400	$121,690
Communications Professors	900	$71,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	580	$124,670

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.