Public Relations & Advertising at North Central College

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

North Central is located in Naperville, Illinois and approximately 2,832 students attend the school each year. Of the 751 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from North Central College in 2021, 11 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.

North Central Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

North Central Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at North Central 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.

Earnings of North Central Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at North Central is $41,154. This is 12% higher than $36,826, which is the national average for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at North Central

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

North Central Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at North Central are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Central College with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

North Central 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 North Central College.

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 Quadrahex under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.