Advertising at Temple University

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

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 37,236 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 187 students received a bachelor's degree in advertising from Temple.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Advertising section at the bottom of this page.

Temple Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising
• Master’s Degree in Advertising

Temple Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the advertising progam at Temple compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 advertising major at Temple is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Advertising. 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
	3
	3
	10
	34

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in advertising from Temple. This makes it the #7 most popular school for advertising master’s degree candidates in the country.

Advertising Student Demographics at Temple

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the advertising majors at Temple University.

Temple Advertising Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 187 advertising majors earned their bachelor's degree from Temple. Of these graduates, 34% were men and 66% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in advertising at Temple are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its advertising bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Temple University with a bachelor's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	118
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Temple Advertising Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 advertising majors earned their master's degree from Temple. Of these graduates, 27% were men and 73% were women.

Of the students who received a advertising master's degree from Temple, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Temple University with a master's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Temple also has a doctoral program available in advertising. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication
• General Organizational Communication
• Public Relations

Careers That Advertising Grads May Go Into

A degree in advertising can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720
Advertising and Promotions Managers	500	$143,620

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 Audrey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.