Public Relations at Hood College

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 Hood College stacks up to those at other schools.

Hood is located in Frederick, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,005. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from Hood.

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.

Hood Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Hood Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Hood 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 Hood 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	20
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	21
Most Popular Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	84
Best Public Relations Schools	96

PR Student Demographics at Hood

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

Hood Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in PR from Hood. About 69% of these graduates were women and the other 31% were men. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Hood since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Hood College with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Hood 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 MD, the home state for Hood College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Public Relations Specialists	3,250	$71,030
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,720	$123,020
Advertising and Promotions Managers	530	$115,010
Communications Professors	400	$76,040

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 Andrew.Belair under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.