Public Relations & Advertising at Mercy 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 Mercy College stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547. Of the 1,668 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mercy College in 2021, 7 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.

Mercy Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Mercy Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how Mercy performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at Mercy 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	181
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	231
Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools	292
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools	300
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Schools	386

Earnings of Mercy Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mercy is $40,731. 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 Mercy

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

Mercy Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 public relations students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mercy, about 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at Mercy since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Mercy College with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Mercy 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 Mercy 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 Sardaka under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.