Public Relations & Advertising at Duquesne 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 Duquesne University stacks up to those at other schools.

Duquesne is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 8,830.

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.

Duquesne Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Duquesne Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at Duquesne 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 Duquesne

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

Duquesne Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% 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 Duquesne since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Duquesne are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Duquesne University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	54
Sports Communication	7

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• 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 PA, the home state for Duquesne University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Community Health Workers	2,000	$41,550
Technical Writers	1,810	$70,060
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,620	$123,600

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 Alekjds under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.