Public Relations at SUNY Oswego

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

SUNY Oswego is located in Oswego, New York and approximately 7,636 students attend the school each year. Of the 463 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego in 2021, 38 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.

SUNY Oswego Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

SUNY Oswego Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Oswego performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at SUNY Oswego 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
	19
	20
	30
	38
	40
	42
	44
	48
	68
	81

PR Student Demographics at SUNY Oswego

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

SUNY Oswego Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations from SUNY Oswego in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Oswego since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at SUNY Oswego 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 SUNY Oswego with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SUNY Oswego also has a doctoral program available in PR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Communication Management and Strategic Communications

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Oswego.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Advertising and Promotions Managers	6,590	$174,870
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	6,190	$167,330
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470

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 Lordvaluemart under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.