Public Relations at Eastern Illinois University

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626.

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

EIU Public Relations Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in PR

EIU Public Relations Rankings

The pr major at EIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. 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.

PR Student Demographics at EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the pr majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

79% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of pr bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical pr bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at EIU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in pr at EIU 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 pr bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

A degree in pr 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 Eastern Illinois 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
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810

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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