Advertising at Boston University

Every advertising school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the advertising program at Boston University stacks up to those at other schools.

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 32,718 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,014 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Boston University in 2021, 4 of them were advertising majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Advertising section at the bottom of this page.

Boston U Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising
• Master’s Degree in Advertising

Boston U Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the advertising progam at Boston U compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The advertising major at Boston U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Advertising. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	1
	6
	27
	38
	49
	58
	68
	70
	77

In 2021, 77 students received their master’s degree in advertising from Boston U. This makes it the #1 most popular school for advertising master’s degree candidates in the country.

Advertising Student Demographics at Boston U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the advertising majors at Boston University.

Boston U Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in advertising from Boston U in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Boston U Advertising Master’s Program

Of the 77 advertising students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Boston U, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a master's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Boston U also has a doctoral program available in advertising. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Communication
• Public Relations

Careers That Advertising Grads May Go Into

A degree in advertising can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Advertising and Promotions Managers	960	$132,370
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.