Public Relations at Hood College

If you are interested in studying public relations, you may want to check out the program at Hood College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hood is located in Frederick, Maryland and approximately 2,042 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 PR 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 section at the bottom of this page.

Hood Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Hood Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR 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 PR major at Hood 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
	33
	37
	75
	82
	86
	89
	91
	97
	103
	114

PR Student Demographics at Hood

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

Hood Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations from Hood in 2020-2021, 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 Hood since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR 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 PR.

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 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 MD, the home state for Hood College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Public Relations Specialists	3,250	$71,030
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,720	$123,020
Advertising and Promotions Managers	530	$115,010
Communications Professors	400	$76,040

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.