Public Relations at SUNY Plattsburgh

What traits are you looking for in a PR school? To help you decide if SUNY Plattsburgh is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's PR program.

SUNY Plattsburgh is located in Plattsburgh, New York and has a total student population of 5,109. In 2021, 16 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY Plattsburgh.

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 Plattsburgh Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

SUNY Plattsburgh Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Plattsburgh 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 Plattsburgh 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
	51
	53
	63
	69
	83
	89
	99

PR Student Demographics at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of PR bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Plattsburgh since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its PR bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 Plattsburgh.

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 Erik Graham under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.