Public Relations & Advertising at South Dakota State University

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

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and has a total student population of 11,405.

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.

South Dakota State Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

South Dakota State Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at South Dakota 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 South Dakota State

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

South Dakota State Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% 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 South Dakota State since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at South Dakota State 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 South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from South Dakota State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Advertising	17
Public Relations	7

Related Majors

• 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 SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Public Relations Specialists	660	$51,240
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$31,630
Reporters and Correspondents	220	$32,390
Editors	150	$48,100
Technical Writers	120	$50,320

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.