Public Relations at Bradley University

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

Bradley is located in Peoria, Illinois and has a total student population of 5,882. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from Bradley.

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.

Bradley Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Bradley Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Bradley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at Bradley 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Public Relations Schools	31
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	37
Most Popular Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	71

PR Student Demographics at Bradley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the PR majors at Bradley University.

Bradley Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 21 PR majors earned their bachelor's degree from Bradley. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Bradley are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its PR bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bradley University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Bradley also has a doctoral program available in PR. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Organizational Communication
• Advertising
• Sports 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 IL, the home state for Bradley University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,160	$119,330
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810

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 AscendedAnathema under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.