Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Central Connecticut State University

What traits are you looking for in a public relations, advertising, and applied communication school? To help you decide if Central Connecticut State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public relations, advertising, and applied communication program.

CCSU is located in New Britain, Connecticut and has a total student population of 10,652. Of the 623 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University in 2021, 58 of them were public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication section at the bottom of this page.

CCSU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

CCSU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at CCSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at CCSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication. 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
	22
	24
	37
	64
	72

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at CCSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors at Central Connecticut State University.

CCSU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at CCSU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at CCSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

CCSU also has a doctoral program available in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Organizational Communication

Careers That Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for Central Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Public Relations Specialists	1,780	$73,600
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,040	$122,760
Communications Professors	270	$83,720
Advertising and Promotions Managers	250	$116,660

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 Sage Ross under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.