Public Relations & Advertising at Loyola University Chicago

What traits are you looking for in a public relations school? To help you decide if Loyola University Chicago is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public relations program.

Loyola Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 16,893 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 127 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from Loyola Chicago.

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.

Loyola Chicago Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Loyola Chicago Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at Loyola Chicago 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.

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from Loyola Chicago Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Loyola Chicago is $40,389. This is 10% higher than $36,826, which is the national average for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Loyola Chicago

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

Loyola Chicago Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 127 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations & Advertising from Loyola Chicago in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Loyola Chicago are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Loyola University Chicago with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	74
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Loyola Chicago 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
• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 Loyola University Chicago.

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
• Image Credit: By Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.