Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Kennesaw State University

Every public relations, advertising, and applied communication school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at Kennesaw State University stacks up to those at other schools.

KSU Georgia is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and approximately 41,181 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 172 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from KSU Georgia.

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.

KSU Georgia Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

KSU Georgia Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at KSU Georgia 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 public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at KSU Georgia 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
	13
	21
	23
	26
	29

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at KSU Georgia

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

KSU Georgia Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication 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, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	120
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

KSU Georgia 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

• Technical & Scientific Communication
• International & Intercultural Communication
• General Organizational 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 GA, the home state for Kennesaw State 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.