Public Relations at Georgetown 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 Georgetown University stacks up to those at other schools.

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 19,371.

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.

Georgetown Public Relations Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in PR

Georgetown Public Relations Rankings

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PR Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Public Relations Master’s Program

Of the 89 PR students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgetown, about 24% were men and 76% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in PR each year. Georgetown does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the PR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	44
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication

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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Public Relations Specialists	17,310	$107,490
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,390	$188,050
Communications Professors	290	$92,970
Advertising and Promotions Managers	140	$143,600

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.