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Schools Concentrating On Public Relations Specialists
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at Community College of Rhode Island and Bryant.
Fastest Response From Schools
- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Part-Time: For schools emphasizing part-time studies, consider Rhode Island College and URI.
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider Salve Regina University.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Community College of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Roger Williams University, Salve Regina University, Bryant, and URI.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Bryant, Roger Williams University, Salve Regina University, and URI.
Excellence
- SAT: For students with high SAT scores, look at Bryant.
- % Accepted: For selective institutions, look at Bryant.
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Roger Williams University, Salve Regina University, Rhode Island College, and URI.
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
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Johnson & Wales University • Providence, RI
Studying Business Management (completion in 2004)
• 9/29/2011
"My school was great! It had a great campus, great facilities, and great learning environments."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | yes | My school is known for its career prepping classes. They also have great hands on practicums. |
| Program Reputation | 10 | Johnson & Wales is a top ranked university. They are known for 99% job placement after graduation. |
| Program Quality | 8 | Johnson & Wales had wonderful classes and hands on learning practicums. I gained a lot of knowledge from my classes, and it paid off in my career. |
| Instruction | 10 | My instructors were all very knowledgeable and had great information for me to learn. Because of what I learned from my professors, I grew in my field quickly. |
| How Difficult | 5 | The classes were fair. I never had a hard time achieving a goal. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | My school revolved around hands on training. Every student is required to participate in a practicum to prepare for a job. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 6 | My school wasn't extremely flexible. You have to work with the schedule given. Online classes would have been helpful. |
| Academic Facilities | 8 | The library was wonderful - big and a great place for research. The classrooms were smaller but had smaller groups of people attending. It was intimate and nice. |
| Social Life | 10 | Although it was an open campus across a city, there were always things to do. There were a lot of other students and great social events put on by the school to help with people meeting. |
| Placement Services | 10 | They had a specific department for job placement. They were always very helpful when I needing help with a job search. |
| Alumni Network | 8 | Johnson & Wales has great job placement options. They also have classes to prepare you for interviewing. |
Providence College • Providence, RI
Studying Marketing (completion in 2010)
• 11/24/2011
"I loved my time at Providence College. That being said, had I had a better idea of what I wanted to do later in life, I might have looked at other schools. The strength of their liberal arts education appealed to me then and has benefitted me now, but I could have used a more business-minded school at times."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | maybe | Overall, Providence gave me a great education and strong writing and thinking foundation. The lack of a Communications or Public Relation major, however, might disable someone from the employment pool if that's strictly what they'd like to do. Other schools have such programs and better connections to applicable companies. |
| Program Reputation | 7 | I'd say they did a fair job of preparing me for the working world, though there is room for improvement in career guidance in general. Some classes seemed TOO broad and did not help to narrow down career options. |
| Program Quality | 5 | Providence did not provide a Public Relations major. Had they offered it, I would have been interested in taking classes, if not majoring, in it. |
| Instruction | 8 | My marketing degree was flexible enough that I was able to pursue positions in Public Relations and Marketing, but I found that I was ultimately drawn to a more writing-intensive position. I took many classes that required a large amount of writing, which I enjoyed. |
| How Difficult | 7 | I don't think my workload was particularly difficult, but that may be because I enjoyed it so much. I often had a heavy workload, however. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | What I loved about most of my classes was the mix of learning strategies - group projects, outside research, current events, etc. Few teachers read or taught straight from the book. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 4 | Freshman and sophomore year are marked by 5-day-a-week classes, which hindered class choices. Additionally, classes were structured so that "free" days during the week were highly uncommon. |
| Academic Facilities | 9 | I have to say I had very passionate, dedicated teachers. Interesting speakers spoke at least biweekly, and I had a rich extracurricular education through speakers, media, and other resources. |
| Social Life | 9 | Students were extremely friendly, and there was very much a "work hard, play hard" mentality. You worked hard and got good grades but also made the rounds at parties. |
| Placement Services | 5 | I found the services to be extremely limited by geography - if you didn't want to work in Boston or the northeast, good luck. Additionally, I found scheduling hours to be odd - very restrictive for a college campus, where students are pressed for time until roughly 4:00pm. |
| Alumni Network | In all fairness, I haven't really drawn on my school's alumni association/network. |
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