Public Relations & Advertising at Manhattan College

Every public relations and 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 Manhattan College stacks up to those at other schools.

Manhattan is located in Riverdale, New York and approximately 3,965 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 10 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from Manhattan.

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.

Manhattan Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Manhattan Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at Manhattan 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 Manhattan 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
	49
	64
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	199
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	205
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Schools	245

Public Relations Student Demographics at Manhattan

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

Manhattan Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a bachelor's degree in public relations from Manhattan. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at Manhattan since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Manhattan College with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Manhattan 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

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 Manhattan College.

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 Trollness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.