Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Grand Valley State University

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

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,595 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University in 2021, 169 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.

GVSU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

GVSU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at GVSU 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
	6
	16
	17
	18
	21

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

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

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 169 students earned a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from GVSU. About 64% of these graduates were women and the other 36% were men. 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 GVSU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at GVSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	133
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

GVSU 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

• Health 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Public Relations Specialists	6,280	$61,760
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,400	$121,690
Communications Professors	900	$71,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	580	$124,670

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.