Public Relations & Advertising at Southern New Hampshire University

If you are interested in studying public relations and advertising, you may want to check out the program at Southern New Hampshire University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and approximately 134,345 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 534 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from SNHU.

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.

SNHU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations
• Master’s Degree in Public Relations

Online Classes Are Available at SNHU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SNHU does offer online courses in public relations for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SNHU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at SNHU 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.

In 2021, 187 students received their master’s degree in public relations from SNHU. This makes it the #1 most popular school for public relations master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from SNHU Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at SNHU is $40,928. This is 11% higher than $36,826, which is the national average for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at SNHU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at Southern New Hampshire University.

SNHU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 534 public relations students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SNHU, about 24% were men and 76% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Southern New Hampshire University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	97
Hispanic or Latino	65
White	254
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	104

SNHU Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 187 students earned a master's degree in public relations from SNHU. About 84% of these graduates were women and the other 16% were men.

Of the students who received a public relations master's degree from SNHU, 55% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a master's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	42
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	102
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

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

Related Majors

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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Public Relations Specialists	1,180	$59,970
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	480	$118,960
Editors	400	$57,750
Technical Writers	180	$76,020
Radio and Television Announcers	170	$34,330

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.