Public Relations at Iowa State 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 Iowa State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and has a total student population of 31,822. In 2021, 69 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from Iowa 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.

Iowa State Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Iowa State Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Iowa State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at Iowa 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
	13
	13
	19
	26
	68

PR Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 69 students earned a bachelor's degree in PR from Iowa State. About 77% of these graduates were women and the other 23% were men. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Iowa 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	57
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Iowa State also has a doctoral program available in PR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Advertising

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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists	1,820	$56,880
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	960	$103,350
Communications Professors	480	$88,340
Advertising and Promotions Managers	200	$113,030

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.