Public Relations Specialists Career

Vocational Programs for Public Relations Specialists Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
276K	$37.37	$77,720

The role of Public Relations Specialists is to promote or create an intended public image for individuals, groups, or organizations. May write or select material for release to various communications media. May specialize in using social media. The average annual wage of the occupations is $77,720 and $37 per hour. 11 vocational programs could be taken for the Public Relations Specialists career. Based on BLS data, a total of 275,550 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Public Relations Specialists is $14,590. The average length of the programs is 37 hours and the average completion time is 6.81 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Public Relations Specialists Career

The following 11 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Public Relations Specialists.

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 Specialists
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
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	24	$12,450	$125	30 Hours	6.00 Months
Public Relations/Image Management	20	-	-	-	-
Political Communication	2	-	-	-	-
Health Communication	15	-	-	-	-
Sports Communication	17	$12,450	$125	30 Hours	6.00 Months
International and Intercultural Communication	6	$18,870	$125	26 Hours	8.00 Months
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication	1	-	-	-	-
Business/Corporate Communications	11	-	-	-	-
Business/Corporate Communications, Other	1	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Public Relations Specialists

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Communication

Speech Communication and Rhetoric

61 Hours

7.22 Months

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

$12,450

$125

30 Hours

6.00 Months

Public Relations/Image Management

Political Communication

Health Communication

Sports Communication

$12,450

$125

30 Hours

6.00 Months

International and Intercultural Communication

$18,870

$125

26 Hours

8.00 Months

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication

Business/Corporate Communications

Business/Corporate Communications, Other

Schools offering voational programs for Public Relations Specialists

The following 147 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Public Relations Specialists. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.