Public Relations & Advertising at Iowa State University

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

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and approximately 31,822 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 135 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from Iowa State.

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.

Iowa State Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Iowa State Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at Iowa State 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 major at Iowa State 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
	25
	34
	39
	52
	131

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from Iowa State Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Iowa State is $39,633. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Iowa State

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

Iowa State Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 135 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public relations from Iowa State in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at Iowa State since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Iowa State 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 Iowa State University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	115
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Iowa State 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 Iowa State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Iowa State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations	69
Advertising	66

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 IA, the home state for Iowa State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists	1,820	$56,880
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	960	$103,350
Editors	940	$51,480
Reporters and Correspondents	560	$32,650
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$34,870

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 Jamo2008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.