Public Relations at Eastern Illinois University

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

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and approximately 7,526 students attend the school each year. Of the 193 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University in 2019, 22 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.

EIU Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

EIU Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how EIU 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 EIU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Best Public Relations Schools	28
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Most Popular Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	63
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	67

PR Student Demographics at EIU

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

EIU Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 22 students earned a bachelor's degree in PR from EIU. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at EIU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

EIU 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 Eastern Illinois 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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.