Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Syracuse University

Every public relations, advertising, and applied communication school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at Syracuse University stacks up to those at other schools.

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and has a total student population of 22,803.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication section at the bottom of this page.

Syracuse Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Online Classes Are Available at Syracuse

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Syracuse does offer online education options in public relations, advertising, and applied communication for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Syracuse Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at Syracuse

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors at Syracuse University.

Syracuse Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Program

Of the 116 public relations, advertising, and applied communication students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from Syracuse, about 21% were men and 79% were women.

Of the students who received a public relations, advertising, and applied communication master's degree from Syracuse, 55% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public relations, advertising, and applied communication master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Syracuse University with a master's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	64
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Related Majors

• Advertising
• Public Relations

Careers That Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Syracuse University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Advertising and Promotions Managers	6,590	$174,870
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	6,190	$167,330
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470

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 Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.