Why Major in Public Relations?
If you are enrolled in Ferris State’s public relations degree program, you will be learning at one of only a few public relations programs in the US that graduate students with a bachelor of science in business. The public relations degree program is designed to prepare you to work in such organizations as public relations agencies, business organizations, non-profit organizations, social service organizations, medical facilities, educational institutions, government agencies and sports and entertainment operations. U.S. News & World Report has cited public relations as one of its 20 ‘hot-track professions,’ and the U.S. Department of Labor predicts that the need for public relations people may increase faster than the average for all occupations. Ferris’s one-of-a-kind major includes public relations courses and studies in advertising, marketing and journalism combined with a core of business courses. The public relations internship provides on-the-job training in addition to the exte
