Public Relations at Georgia Southern University

If you plan to study public relations, 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 approximately 26,949 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 43 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from GaSou.

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

GaSou Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

GaSou Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at GaSou 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 PR major at GaSou is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. 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
	13
	18
	35
	39
	48

PR Student Demographics at GaSou

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

GaSou Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 43 PR students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GaSou, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR 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 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its PR 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 PR.

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

Related Majors

• Technical & Scientific Communication

Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

A degree in PR 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
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,680	$117,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	610	$146,390
Communications Professors	400	$77,820

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.