Public Relations & Advertising at Fashion Institute of Technology

If you plan to study public relations and advertising, take a look at what Fashion Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FIT SUNY is located in New York, New York and approximately 8,191 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,677 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Fashion Institute of Technology in 2021, 280 of them were public relations and advertising majors.

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.

FIT SUNY Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

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

FIT SUNY Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how FIT SUNY 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 FIT SUNY 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
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Associate Degree Schools	1
Best Public Relations & Advertising Associate Degree Schools	2
	2
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Associate Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
	33
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
	84
Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools	96

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from FIT SUNY Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at FIT SUNY is $40,868. This is 11% higher than $36,826, which is the national average for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at FIT SUNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at Fashion Institute of Technology.

FIT SUNY Public Relations & Advertising Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of public relations associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

FIT SUNY does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in public relations graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Fashion Institute of Technology with a associate's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	77
White	143
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

FIT SUNY Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

The public relations program at FIT SUNY awarded 280 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Fashion Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	129
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Fashion Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Advertising and Promotions Managers	6,590	$174,870
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	6,190	$167,330

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.