Public Relations at Marquette University

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

Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 11,605 students attend the school each year. Of the 680 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University in 2019, 74 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.

Marquette Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Marquette Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Marquette 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 Marquette 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	2
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	19
Most Popular Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24

PR Student Demographics at Marquette

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

Marquette Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 74 students earned a bachelor's degree in PR from Marquette. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Marquette 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 Marquette University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	52
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Advertising

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 WI, the home state for Marquette University.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Public Relations Specialists	3,860	$61,060
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	900	$107,830
Communications Professors	500	$79,870
Advertising and Promotions Managers	80	$113,020

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 scottfeldstein under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.