Public Relations & Advertising at Columbia College Chicago

If you are interested in studying public relations and advertising, you may want to check out the program at Columbia College Chicago. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,769 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from Columbia.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations & Advertising section at the bottom of this page.

Columbia Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Columbia Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how Columbia performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations & Advertising. 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
	80
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Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	108
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools	150

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from Columbia Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Columbia is $38,669. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 public relations students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Columbia, about 35% were men and 65% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Columbia are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

Careers That Public Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Columbia College Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,160	$119,330
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Technical Writers	1,460	$69,320

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.