Public Relations at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 35,400 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 39 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from San Jose 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.

San Jose State Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

San Jose State Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how San Jose 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 San Jose 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
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Public Relations Schools	38
Most Popular Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	45
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	117

PR Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 PR students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from San Jose State, about 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 San Jose State University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

San Jose State 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 CA, the home state for San Jose State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	8,330	$141,990
Advertising and Promotions Managers	2,850	$137,630

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.