Public Relations at Lewis University

What traits are you looking for in a PR school? To help you decide if Lewis University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's PR program.

Lewis is located in Romeoville, Illinois and approximately 6,440 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 7 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from Lewis.

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.

Lewis Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Lewis Public Relations Rankings

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

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 Lewis 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	86
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	99
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	119

PR Student Demographics at Lewis

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

Lewis Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 PR students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Lewis, about 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Lewis since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Lewis University with a bachelor's in PR.

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

Lewis also has a doctoral program available in PR. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Organizational Communication

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 Lewis 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.