Public Relations & Advertising at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh is located in Plattsburgh, New York and approximately 5,109 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from SUNY Plattsburgh.

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.

SUNY Plattsburgh Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

SUNY Plattsburgh Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Plattsburgh performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at SUNY Plattsburgh 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	162
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	192
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Schools	232
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How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from SUNY Plattsburgh Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Plattsburgh is $30,517. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations students.

Public Relations Student Demographics at SUNY Plattsburgh

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at SUNY Plattsburgh.

SUNY Plattsburgh Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public relations from SUNY Plattsburgh. About 31% were men and 69% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Plattsburgh since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 SUNY Plattsburgh with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Plattsburgh.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Advertising and Promotions Managers	6,590	$174,870
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	6,190	$167,330

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 Erik Graham under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.