Public Relations at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and approximately 20,720 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 89 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from Illinois State.

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.

Illinois State Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Illinois State Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how Illinois State 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 Illinois State 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
	16
	17
	23
	23
	25
	28

PR Student Demographics at Illinois State

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

Illinois State Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 89 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations from Illinois State in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Illinois State since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Illinois State 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 Illinois State University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	72
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Illinois State 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 IL, the home state for Illinois State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,160	$119,330
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810

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 Willjay under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.