Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Northwestern College

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

NWC is located in Orange City, Iowa and approximately 1,496 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors received their bachelor's degree from NWC.

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.

NWC Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

NWC Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

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

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Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at NWC 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
	20
	22
	52
	72

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

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from NWC. About 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at NWC 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 Northwestern College with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NWC 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

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 IA, the home state for Northwestern College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists	1,820	$56,880
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	960	$103,350
Communications Professors	480	$88,340
Advertising and Promotions Managers	200	$113,030

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 Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.