Public Relations at Central Washington University

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

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and approximately 12,342 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 39 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from CWU.

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.

CWU Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

CWU Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how CWU performed in these rankings.

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 CWU 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
Most Popular Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	45
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	55
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Best Public Relations Schools	70

PR Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 39 PR majors earned their bachelor's degree from CWU. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at CWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

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 Central Washington 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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.