Public Relations at San Jose State University

81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study public relations, 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 approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Public Relations Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in PR

San Jose State Public Relations Rankings

The pr major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. 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.

PR Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

70% Women

81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of pr bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical pr bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% more racial-ethnic minorities in its pr 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 pr.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

A degree in pr 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
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	8,330	$141,990
Advertising and Promotions Managers	2,850	$137,630

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
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