Public Relations at Dominican 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 Dominican University stacks up to those at other schools.

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,990. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from Dominican U.

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.

Dominican U Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Dominican U Public Relations Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at Dominican U 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 Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	53
Most Popular Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	88

PR Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

The PR program at Dominican U awarded 11 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 55% of these degrees went to men with the other 45% going to women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Dominican U since its program graduates 34% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Dominican University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Dominican U 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 IL, the home state for Dominican 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 HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.