Public Relations & Advertising at Georgia Southern University

If you plan to study public relations and advertising, take a look at what Georgia Southern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,949. Of the 880 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University in 2021, 43 of them were public relations and advertising majors.

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

GaSou Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations
• Master’s Degree in Public Relations

GaSou Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at GaSou 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 public relations major at GaSou is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations & 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
	53
	68
	90
	92
	116
	157
	168
	224
	228

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in public relations from GaSou. This makes it the #41 most popular school for public relations master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from GaSou Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at GaSou is $38,327. This is 4% higher than $36,826, which is the national average for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at GaSou

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at Georgia Southern University.

GaSou Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at GaSou are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GaSou Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

The public relations program at GaSou awarded 18 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women.

In the public relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GaSou also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

The following public relations concentations are available at Georgia Southern University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Georgia Southern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations	43
Technical & Scientific Communication	18

Careers That Public Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Public Relations Specialists	4,920	$62,070
Editors	2,190	$61,330
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,680	$117,770
Reporters and Correspondents	1,230	$51,140

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.