Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Oglethorpe University

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

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 1,452. Of the 77 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oglethorpe University in 2021, 5 of them were public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors.

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.

Oglethorpe Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

Oglethorpe Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs across the country. The following shows how Oglethorpe 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, advertising, and applied communication major at Oglethorpe 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
	33
	35
	74
	101

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

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

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

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from Oglethorpe in 2021, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Oglethorpe since its program graduates 55% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oglethorpe University with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Oglethorpe 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 GA, the home state for Oglethorpe 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
• Image Credit: By Boston Public Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.