Public Relations & Advertising at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208.

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.

San Jose State Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

San Jose State Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at San Jose State 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 San Jose State

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

San Jose State Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% 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 San Jose State since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% 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 Jose State University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

Public Relations & Advertising majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at San Jose State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Advertising	42
Public Relations	38

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 Jose 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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.