Public Relations & Advertising at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. Of the 8,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University in 2021, 53 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.

SDSU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

SDSU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at SDSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	108
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Schools	313

Earnings of SDSU Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $37,838. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 53 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public relations from SDSU in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at SDSU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

SDSU also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Journalism
• 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.