Undergraduate Certificates in Public Relations & Advertising

This degree is more popular with female students, and about 40% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 8.3% of public relations graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Public Relations Majors

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 252 students earned their undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in public relations is $21,858. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $20,716 and the high is $22,802.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in public relations is $15,833. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $19,823 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $14,283.

Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $394.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in public relations. About 67.5% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	82
Women	170

The racial-ethnic distribution of public relations undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	124
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Public Relations Focus Areas

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Advertising	97
Public Relations	80
International Communication	31
Organizational Communication	20
Health Communication	15

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bill Koplitz under License

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