Public Relations at Kent State University at Kent

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

Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and approximately 26,822 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,254 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University at Kent in 2021, 32 of them were public relations majors.

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.

Kent State Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Kent State Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Kent 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 Kent 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
	36
	40
	56
	63
	92

PR Student Demographics at Kent State

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

Kent State Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 32 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations from Kent State in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Kent 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 Kent State University at Kent with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Kent 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 OH, the home state for Kent State University at Kent.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Public Relations Specialists	6,710	$62,740
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,940	$116,730
Communications Professors	1,410	$74,860
Advertising and Promotions Managers	370	$127,080

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 JonRidinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.