Public Relations at Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 19,123 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 22 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan.

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.

Eastern Michigan Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Eastern Michigan Public Relations Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at Eastern Michigan 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	101
Best Public Relations Schools	103

PR Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 PR students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Eastern Michigan, about 23% were men and 77% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Eastern Michigan 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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Public Relations Specialists	6,280	$61,760
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,400	$121,690
Communications Professors	900	$71,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	580	$124,670

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.