Public Relations & Advertising at Suffolk University

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

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 71 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from Suffolk.

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.

Suffolk Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations
• Master’s Degree in Public Relations

Suffolk Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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
	35
	54
	76
	92

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in public relations from Suffolk. This makes it the #55 most popular school for public relations master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from Suffolk Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Suffolk is $35,272. This is less than $36,826, which is the national average of all public relations majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 71 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations & Advertising from Suffolk in 2020-2021, 23% were men and 77% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Suffolk are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	44
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Suffolk Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

The public relations program at Suffolk awarded 11 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 9% of these degrees went to men with the other 91% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Suffolk 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

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Suffolk University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Advertising	31
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	29
Public Relations	11
International & Intercultural Communication	11

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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,090	$131,460
Community Health Workers	3,660	$44,500
Editors	3,160	$89,280
Technical Writers	2,420	$89,630

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 Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.