Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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

UNL is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and has a total student population of 25,108. Of the 1,432 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nebraska - Lincoln in 2021, 192 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.

UNL Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

UNL Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at UNL 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 UNL 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.

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

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

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

Of the 192 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from UNL in 2021, 31% were men and 69% 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 UNL since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at UNL 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 University of Nebraska - Lincoln with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	139
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

UNL 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

• Sports 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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Public Relations Specialists	1,370	$51,300
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	630	$88,550
Advertising and Promotions Managers	150	$106,780
Communications Professors	140	$71,140

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
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