Public Relations & Advertising at Hastings College

If you are interested in studying public relations and advertising, you may want to check out the program at Hastings College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hastings is located in Hastings, Nebraska and approximately 982 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from Hastings.

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.

Hastings Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Hastings Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how Hastings performed in these rankings.

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 major at Hastings 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
	64
	79
	222
	280

Public Relations Student Demographics at Hastings

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at Hastings College.

Hastings Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Hastings 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 Hastings College with a bachelor's in public relations.

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

Hastings 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

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hastings College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Organizational Communication	5
Health Communication	2
Sports Communication	1

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 NE, the home state for Hastings College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Public Relations Specialists	1,370	$51,300
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	630	$88,550
Editors	460	$47,910
Community Health Workers	450	$38,190
Reporters and Correspondents	390	$39,510

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.