Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at University of Charleston

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

UC is located in Charleston, West Virginia and approximately 2,967 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from UC.

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.

UC Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

UC Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at UC 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 UC 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
	86
	95
	115
	115

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

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

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from UC. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men. 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 UC since its program graduates 41% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Charleston 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	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UC 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 WV, the home state for University of Charleston.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Communications Professors	330	$51,150
Public Relations Specialists	310	$62,310
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	140	$77,250
Advertising and Promotions Managers	50	$105,150

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 Lkeadle under License

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