Public Relations at Suffolk University

If you plan to study public relations, take a look at what Suffolk University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 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.

Suffolk Public Relations Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in PR

Suffolk Public Relations Rankings

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

PR Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk Public Relations Master’s Program

Of the 11 PR students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Suffolk, about 9% were men and 91% were women.

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

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 PR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International & Intercultural Communication
• Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication
• 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 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
Advertising and Promotions Managers	960	$132,370
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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.