Public Relations & Advertising at Howard University

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

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 10,859. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 115 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from Howard.

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.

Howard Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Howard Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at Howard compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at Howard 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	127
	176

Earnings of Howard Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Howard is $34,119. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations students.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 115 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public relations from Howard in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 66% 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 Howard University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	98
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Howard 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
• Communication & Journalism (Other)

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 DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Public Relations Specialists	17,310	$107,490
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,390	$188,050
Editors	3,330	$89,710
Reporters and Correspondents	1,610	$100,550
Community Health Workers	810	$61,770

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 Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.