by our College Data Analytics TeamPublic Relations & Advertising is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Pacific Union College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in public relations, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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BA in Communication - Public Relations
Prepare to develop your skills in building mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their public audiences.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at PUC was ranked #249 on College Factual's Best Schools for public relations list. It is also ranked #14 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for PUC.
Part-time undergraduates at PUC paid an average of $900 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $31,101 | $31,101 |
| Fees | $915 | $915 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,080 | $1,080 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $8,517 | $8,517 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,934 | $2,934 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at PUC in Public Relations walked away with an average of $31,333 in student debt. That is 34% higher than the national average of $23,348.
The median early career salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor’s degree from PUC is $29,685 per year. That is 15% lower than the national average of $34,735.
Online degrees for the PUC public relations bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the PUC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 66.7% of the public relations students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 72.2%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in public relations at PUC in 2019-2020, 44.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 29%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Public Relations & Advertising students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Advertising | 1 |
| Health Communication | 8 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public relations and advertising.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication & Media Studies | 4 |
| Journalism | 1 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
