Public Relations Managers Career

Vocational Programs for Public Relations Managers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
73K	$76.65	$159,420

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 2024 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.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Public Relations Managers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Communication	29	-	-	-	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	59	-	-	61 Hours	7.22 Months
Mass Communication/Media Studies	27	-	-	-	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	24	$12,450	$125	30 Hours	6.00 Months
Public Relations/Image Management	20	-	-	-	-
Political Communication	2	-	-	-	-
International and Intercultural Communication	6	$18,870	$125	26 Hours	8.00 Months
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	6	-	-	-	-
Business/Corporate Communications	11	-	-	-	-
Business/Corporate Communications, Other	1	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Public Relations Managers

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Communication

Speech Communication and Rhetoric

61 Hours

7.22 Months

Mass Communication/Media Studies

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

$12,450

$125

30 Hours

6.00 Months

Public Relations/Image Management

Political Communication

International and Intercultural Communication

$18,870

$125

26 Hours

8.00 Months

Communication Management and Strategic Communications

Business/Corporate Communications

Business/Corporate Communications, Other

Schools offering voational programs for Public Relations Managers

The following 155 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Public Relations Managers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.