The main focus area for this major is General Organizational Communication. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Public Relations & Advertising is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Siena Heights University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in public relations, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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BA in Communication - Public Relations
Prepare to develop your skills in building mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their public audiences.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Siena Heights University was ranked #179 on College Factual's Best Schools for public relations list. It is also ranked #8 in Michigan.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Siena Heights University paid an average of $477 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $27,000 | $27,000 |
Fees | $642 | $642 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,430 | $11,430 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,664 | $1,664 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Public Relations students who received their bachelor’s degree at Siena Heights University took out an average of $24,863 in student loans. That is 6% higher than the national average of $23,348.
public relations who receive their bachelor’s degree from Siena Heights University make an average of $40,896 a year during the early days of their career. That is 18% higher than the national average of $34,735.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Siena Heights University does offer online classes in its public relations bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Siena Heights University Online Learning page.
Women made up around 73.3% of the public relations students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 72.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 6.7% of the public relations bachelor’s degrees at Siena Heights University in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 29%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 8 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
Public Relations & Advertising students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Organizational Communication | 15 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public relations and advertising.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Communication & Media Studies | 1 |
Communication & Journalism (Other) | 6 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.