Syracuse University - S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
M.S. in Public Relations
Syracuse, USA
Master degree
DURATION
13 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
16 Jan 2027
EARLIEST START DATE
02 Jul 2027
TUITION FEES
USD 2,094 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Tuition increases approximately 3% each year. Graduate students are charged a health fee and activity fee per semester plus a one-time program fee.
Key Summary
Consistently ranked by PRWeek as the top public relations program in the country, our PR program will give you the foundational knowledge and hands-on skills to be job-ready on day one. You’ll prepare for your career through internships and participation in our student-run PR firm, and you’ll build a portfolio of real-world samples. You will learn to use your knowledge of theory, research and current best practices to help shape and lead communications operations at a range of professional settings—PR agencies to tech companies to nonprofit organizations and everything in between. (36-37 credits)
The public relations master's program involves 13 months of intensive study.
You may choose between two tracks:
Professional: Prepares you to be a public relations practitioner (36 credits)
Thesis:Leads you to doctoral study in preparation for a career in teaching or research (36 credits)
Under the Professional Track, you may specialize your study by choosing the Sports Media and Communication Track (37 credits), the Social Media Emphasis or the Financial and Investor Communications Emphasis.
Professional track students complete their studies with a culminating experience and may choose the workplace for their public relations internship. Those in the thesis track complete the program by writing a thesis.
Various scholarships and fellowships are awarded to incoming Newhouse students to help offset the cost of attendance. Since Newhouse does have limited funding to offer, the majority of these awards are partial. It is also a competitive process, and all awards are merit-based.
Public relations professionals provide a variety of services for their clients, from writing press releases to planning special events to monitoring how a company is covered in the media.
PR includes corporate relations, which conveys business issues to employees, stock-holders and investors; community relations, which covers company interaction with local, national and international populations; and marketing communications, which ensures that a company and its products receive media coverage.