Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at William Peace University

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

WPU is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 830. In 2021, 6 public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors received their bachelor's degree from WPU.

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.

WPU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

WPU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at WPU 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, advertising, and applied communication major at WPU 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
	14
	14
	65
	66
	73
	73
	90
	92
	99
	99

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

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors earned their bachelor's degree from WPU. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% 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 WPU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at WPU 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 William Peace University with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WPU 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 NC, the home state for William Peace University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists	4,750	$64,450
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,260	$125,500
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	220	$132,250

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 Abbylabar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.