Public Relations & Advertising at Kennesaw State University

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

KSU Georgia is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and has a total student population of 41,181. Of the 1,416 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kennesaw State University in 2021, 218 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.

KSU Georgia Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

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

KSU Georgia Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at KSU Georgia 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 KSU Georgia 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
	38
	47
	51
	84
	85
	129

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in public relations from KSU Georgia. This makes it the #60 most popular school for public relations master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of KSU Georgia Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at KSU Georgia is $37,906. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at KSU Georgia

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

KSU Georgia Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 218 public relations majors earned their bachelor's degree from KSU Georgia. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at KSU Georgia 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 Kennesaw State University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	148
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

KSU Georgia Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a master's degree in Public Relations & Advertising from KSU Georgia in 2020-2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

Of the students who received a public relations master's degree from KSU Georgia, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

KSU Georgia 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 Kennesaw State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	172
General Organizational Communication	38
International & Intercultural Communication	10
Technical & Scientific Communication	8

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 Kennesaw State 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.