Public Relations & Advertising at Mercy College

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

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from Mercy.

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.

Mercy Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Mercy Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at Mercy 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 public relations major at Mercy 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
	82
	103
	181
	231
	236
	239
	292
	300
	325
	386

Earnings of Mercy Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mercy is $40,731. This is 11% higher than $36,826, which is the national average for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in public relations from Mercy. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercy since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercy College with a bachelor's in public relations.

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

Mercy 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

The following public relations concentations are available at Mercy College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mercy College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations	7

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 NY, the home state for Mercy College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Advertising and Promotions Managers	6,590	$174,870
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	6,190	$167,330

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 Sardaka under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.