Public Relations at Washington State University

Every public relations school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the pr program at Washington State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and approximately 31,159 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.

Wazzu Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Wazzu Public Relations Rankings

The pr major at Wazzu 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 Wazzu

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

Wazzu Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of pr bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical pr bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Wazzu since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in pr at Wazzu 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 Washington State University with a bachelor's in pr.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	79
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Related Majors

• Health Communication
• Technical & Scientific Communication
• Advertising
• Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication

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 WA, the home state for Washington State University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	2,170	$128,420
Communications Professors	600	$60,370
Advertising and Promotions Managers	450	$148,530

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 {} under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.