Vocational Programs for Public Relations Managers Career

The role of Public Relations Managers is to plan, direct, or coordinate activities designed to create or maintain a favorable public image or raise issue awareness for their organization or client..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $159,420 and $77 per hour. 10 vocational programs could be taken for the Public Relations Managers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 72,760 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2025 average tuition over the programs for preparing Public Relations Managers is $15,660. The average length of the programs is 39 hours and the average completion time is 7.07 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Public Relations Managers Career

The following 10 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Public Relations Managers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2025 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Public Relations Managers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Communication	32	$30,712	-	-	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	75	$30,855	-	61 Hours	7.22 Months
Mass Communication/Media Studies	28	$31,175	-	-	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	28	$12,450	$125	30 Hours	6.00 Months
Public Relations/Image Management	27	$31,291	-	-	-
Political Communication	3	$40,242	-	-	-
International and Intercultural Communication	6	$18,870	$125	26 Hours	8.00 Months
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	7	$34,209	-	-	-
Business/Corporate Communications	15	$30,146	-	-	-
Business/Corporate Communications, Other	1	-	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Public Relations Managers Career

The following 19 occupations are related to Public Relations Managers.

Related Occupations toPublic Relations Managers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Chief Executives	211K	$258,900	$124
General and Operations Managers	3,508K	$129,330	$62
Advertising and Promotions Managers	20,630	$152,620	$73
Marketing Managers	369K	$166,410	$80
Fundraising Managers	31,810	$133,620	$64
Administrative Services Managers	243K	$121,200	$58
Human Resources Managers	201K	$154,740	$74
Social and Community Service Managers	174K	$83,400	$40
Human Resources Specialists	896K	$76,060	$37
Labor Relations Specialists	62,800	$94,620	$45
Management Analysts	838K	$115,530	$56
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	846K	$83,190	$40
Data Scientists	193K	$119,040	$57
Political Scientists	5,580	$132,020	$63
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	82,980	$113,240	$0
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	17,090	$104,910	$0
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	28,520	$90,950	$0
Public Relations Specialists	276K	$77,720	$37
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	484K	$73,680	$35

Schools offering vocational programs for Public Relations Managers

The following 203 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Public Relations Managers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.