Bachelor's Degree in
Public Relations

In a complex and shifting business landscape, public relations serves as a hinge connecting people to information, organizations, and each other. Success in any field rests on the ability to deliver the right message to the right audience at the right time.

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Bachelor's Degree in
Public Relations

In a complex and shifting business landscape, public relations serves as a hinge connecting people to information, organizations, and each other. Success in any field rests on the ability to deliver the right message to the right audience at the right time.

Be a Relationship Builder with a Degree in PR

Become a vital player in whatever field you love—whether that’s sports, healthcare, technology, finance, entertainment, nonprofit, or any other—with skills that drive success in any industry. Our flexible curriculum, supportive faculty, and your close-knit but inclusive cohort of students will serve as your home base while you combine majors, minors, and courses to custom-build the career of your dreams. Forge relationships built on trust as you join the ranks of PR advisers who are guiding companies to greater brand responsibility and leading the charge for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Be a Relationship Builder with a Degree in PR

Become a vital player in whatever field you love—whether that’s sports, healthcare, technology, finance, entertainment, nonprofit, or any other—with skills that drive success in any industry. Our flexible curriculum, supportive faculty, and your close-knit but inclusive cohort of students will serve as your home base while you combine majors, minors, and courses to custom-build the career of your dreams. Forge relationships built on trust as you join the ranks of PR advisers who are guiding companies to greater brand responsibility and leading the charge for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Take flight with a Public Relations Bachelor's Degree

Be the voice of the organization, cause, or community you’re most passionate about. A degree in public relations opens doors in every industry across the nation. Land a highly sought-after job with a PR agency or in-house communication team, or leverage your transferable skills into a career in law, business, human resources, nonprofit management, and beyond.

Meet More PR Alums

Madilyne Nguyen-Acosta ’21
is a senior DEI specialist for Sony Music Group. →

Tyson Winter ’11
manages social media for NASCAR. →

Nicole Leverich ’99
is vice president of communications at LinkedIn. →

Take flight
with a Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree

Be the voice of the organization, cause, or community you’re most passionate about. A degree in public relations opens doors in every industry across the nation. Land a highly sought-after job with a PR agency or in-house communication team, or leverage your transferable skills into a career in law, business, human resources, nonprofit management, and beyond.

Madilyne Nguyen-Acosta ’21
is a senior DEI specialist for Sony Music Group. →

Tyson Winter ’11
manages social media for NASCAR. →

Nicole Leverich ’99
is vice president of communications at LinkedIn. →

Meet More PR Alums

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Students in public relations program

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PRSA-certified program in Oregon

160+

Years combined faculty industry experience

60+

Students involved in Allen Hall Public Relations agency

575+

Students in public relations major

1

PRSA-certified program in Oregon

160+

Years combined faculty industry experience

60+

Students involved in Allen Hall Public Relations agency

Public Relations Program News

June 18, 2025

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SOJC Alum Uses Storytelling to Highlight Gun Violence

As communications director for a regional office of gun violence prevention, Ariana Donaville, BS '17 (public relations), MS '20 (strategic communication), speaks out about violence prevention.

June 2, 2025

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SOJC Team Places in Top 12 in National PR Student Competition

The six-member SOJC public relations squad was one of 12 teams honored in the national Bateman Case Study Competition. Their campaign focused on the importance of library advocacy.

May 6, 2025

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5 Questions: Meet Sports PR Standout Sarah Ortiz

Sarah Ortiz, a public relations major at the University of Oregon, has built extensive experience in sports PR with the UO Athletic Department and the Eugene Emeralds.

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Public Relations Program News

June 18, 2025

SOJC Alum Uses Storytelling to Highlight Gun Violence

As communications director for a regional office of gun violence prevention, Ariana Donaville, BS '17 (public relations), MS '20 (strategic communication), speaks out about violence prevention.

More News »

Hands-On Learning, Real-World Experience

SOJC Public Relations students visit the Hoffman PR Agency in London

Build Your PR Portfolio

Our students routinely land coveted jobs right out of the gate. Why? Because they graduate with an irresistible portfolio and an impressive network of peers and professionals. Get career ready as you develop innovative campaigns for real clients in our student-run PR firm. Travel the country to visit top PR agencies and high-profile companies in New York, Silicon Valley, or Chicago. And experience formal portfolio reviews with industry professionals in Portland and Eugene to prep you for real world interviews.

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PRSA-Certified, PRSSA-Approved

We’ve got the only public relations program in Oregon that’s earned the Public Relations Society of America’s rigorous Certification in Education for Academic Programs in Public Relations. And many of our students participate in our Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter—recent winner of the national Star Chapter Award—to expand their networks, work on professional PR campaigns for real-world clients, and participate in the Bateman Case Study Competition.

Learn about Our PRSSA Chapter

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Get Experience in the Field

In the SOJC’s public relations program, our students practice real-world PR work in the classroom and in the field. They learn from industry-seasoned faculty, generate campaigns for professional clients in their classes and student organizations, and take on internships with agencies and companies around the state. All that experience makes them well-rounded PR professionals and gives them a leg up when they graduate. Browse our student project feed to see what our students are up to.

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Institute for Public Relations

The SOJC is the new West Coast home of the Institute for Public Relations, a national nonprofit foundation dedicated to the science beneath the art of public relations. Students and faculty get to collaborate in the IPR’s groundbreaking research projects, the organization hires SOJC student assistants to support its research-based mission. IPR president Tina McCorkindale is also an adjunct professor in the school’s PR area.

Institute for Public Relations

The SOJC is the new West Coast home of the Institute for Public Relations, a national nonprofit foundation dedicated to the science beneath the art of public relations. Students and faculty get to collaborate in the IPR’s groundbreaking research projects, the organization hires SOJC student assistants to support its research-based mission. IPR president Tina McCorkindale is also an adjunct professor in the school’s PR area.

Meet Our Faculty

Attila Schillinger
Public Relations Professor of Practice

A native of Hungary now based in Eugene, Attila Schillinger has more than 25 years of international corporate and sustainability communication experience, and he’s worked extensively in Europe. Major global brands including Microsoft, Nestlé, L'Oreal, Pfizer, DuPont, T-Mobile, Heineken, Coca-Cola, and Delta Airlines (to name a few) have sought his expertise in corporate communication, sustainability, and conflict resolution.

Read a Q&A with Attila