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Basic Certificates in Public Relations & Advertising

474 Yearly Graduations
61% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 30% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 1.9% of public relations graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Public Relations Majors

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 474 students earned their basic certificate in public relations. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in public relations at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 17,097
Master’s Degree 2,542
Basic Certificate 474
Associate Degree 448
Graduate Certificate 267
Undergraduate Certificate 252
Doctor’s Degree 19

Earnings of Public Relations Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in public relations. About 61.4% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 183
Women 291
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The racial-ethnic distribution of public relations basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 14
Black or African American 51
Hispanic or Latino 57
White 316
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 27
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Public Relations Concentrations

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Organizational Communication 118
Sports Communication 97
Advertising 78
PR & Applied Communication 52
Political Communication 49

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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