Public Relations & Advertising at Columbia College

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

Columbia College South Carolina is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 1,218 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 2 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from Columbia College South Carolina.

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 College South Carolina Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Columbia College South Carolina Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at Columbia College South Carolina 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
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools	140
	163
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	208
Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools	262
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Schools	333
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools	403

Public Relations Student Demographics at Columbia College South Carolina

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

Columbia College South Carolina Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in public relations from Columbia College South Carolina. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 68% 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 with a bachelor's in public relations.

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

Columbia College South Carolina 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

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 SC, the home state for Columbia College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists	2,070	$54,860
Editors	820	$46,630
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	610	$87,780
Technical Writers	540	$67,000
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$46,660

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.