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Public Relations & Advertising at San Diego State University

Public Relations & Advertising at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334.

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.

SDSU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

SDSU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at SDSU 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.

Public Relations Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at SDSU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in public relations.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 13
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

Public Relations & Advertising majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Diego State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Communication 53

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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists 26,820 $72,910
Editors 11,060 $78,150
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 8,330 $141,990
Technical Writers 6,240 $91,310
Community Health Workers 6,160 $49,260

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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