Public Relations at Western Kentucky University

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

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year. Of the 711 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2021, 33 of them were public relations majors.

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

WKU Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

WKU Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at WKU 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 PR major at WKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. 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
	73
	78
	94
	98

PR Student Demographics at WKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the PR majors at Western Kentucky University.

WKU Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

The PR program at WKU awarded 33 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at WKU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at WKU 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• General Organizational Communication
• Advertising

Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Public Relations Specialists	2,200	$50,580
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	510	$85,920
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Advertising and Promotions Managers	190	$99,080

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.