Public Relations at Cleveland State University

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

Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and approximately 16,069 students attend the school each year. Of the 638 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cleveland State University in 2019, 50 of them were public relations majors.

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.

Cleveland State University Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Cleveland State University Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Cleveland State University 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 Cleveland State University 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	33
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	36
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	64
Best Public Relations Schools	73

PR Student Demographics at Cleveland State University

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

Cleveland State University Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 50 PR majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cleveland State University. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Cleveland State University since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Cleveland State University 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 Cleveland State University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Cleveland State University 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

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 OH, the home state for Cleveland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Public Relations Specialists	6,710	$62,740
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,940	$116,730
Communications Professors	1,410	$74,860
Advertising and Promotions Managers	370	$127,080

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 Balaji810 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.