Public Relations & Advertising at DePaul University

Every public relations & advertising school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public relations program at DePaul University stacks up to those at other schools.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 21,922.

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.

DePaul Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations
• Master’s Degree in Public Relations

DePaul Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at DePaul 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.

Public Relations Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at DePaul since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at DePaul are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 DePaul University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	97
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

DePaul Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of public relations master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Of the students who received a public relations master's degree from DePaul, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from DePaul University with a master's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

The following public relations concentations are available at DePaul University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from DePaul University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	177
Sports Communication	19
General Organizational Communication	16
Health Communication	5

Related Majors

• Journalism
• 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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.