Public Relations & Advertising at Hood College

If you plan to study public relations and advertising, take a look at what Hood College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Hood is located in Frederick, Maryland and approximately 2,042 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from Hood.

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

Hood Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Hood Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how Hood performed in these rankings.

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 public relations major at Hood is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations & Advertising. 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
	151
	181
	183
	214
	222
	228
	232
	272
	280
	293

Public Relations Student Demographics at Hood

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at Hood College.

Hood Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 public relations majors earned their bachelor's degree from Hood. Of these graduates, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Hood 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 Hood College with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hood College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations	8

Careers That Public Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for Hood College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Public Relations Specialists	3,250	$71,030
Editors	2,280	$59,560
Technical Writers	2,000	$80,130
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,720	$123,020
Community Health Workers	1,290	$50,160

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 Andrew.Belair under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.