Public Relations at Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart University stacks up to those at other schools.

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 9,313 students attend the school each year.

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.

Sacred Heart Public Relations Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in PR

Sacred Heart Public Relations Rankings

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PR Student Demographics at Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart Public Relations Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a master's degree in PR from Sacred Heart. About 69% of these graduates were women and the other 31% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in PR each year. Sacred Heart does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

In the PR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Sacred Heart University with a master's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Sports Communication
• Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication

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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Public Relations Specialists	1,780	$73,600
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,040	$122,760
Communications Professors	270	$83,720
Advertising and Promotions Managers	250	$116,660

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 Unknownwikidata:Q4233718 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.