Public Relations at Illinois State University

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

Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and approximately 20,635 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 84 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from Illinois State.

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.

Illinois State Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Illinois State Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how Illinois State 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 Illinois State 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	17
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	19
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Best Public Relations Schools	27
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	43

PR Student Demographics at Illinois State

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

Illinois State Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 84 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations from Illinois State in 2018-2019, 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Illinois State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Illinois State University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	60
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Illinois State 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 Illinois State 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 Willjay under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.