Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Pepperdine University

If you are interested in studying public relations, advertising, and applied communication, you may want to check out the program at Pepperdine University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and has a total student population of 9,554. Of the 458 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University in 2021, 20 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.

Pepperdine Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

Pepperdine 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 Pepperdine performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at Pepperdine 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
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	33
	44
	67

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

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors earned their bachelor's degree from Pepperdine. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Pepperdine University with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Pepperdine 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

• International & Intercultural Communication
• General Organizational Communication
• Advertising
• Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied 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 CA, the home state for Pepperdine University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	8,330	$141,990
Advertising and Promotions Managers	2,850	$137,630

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 Infratec~commonswiki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.