Advertising at Appalachian State 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 Appalachian State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and has a total student population of 19,108. In 2019, 96 advertising majors received their bachelor's degree from Appalachian State.

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

Appalachian State Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising

Online Classes Are Available at Appalachian State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Appalachian State offers distance education options for advertising at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Appalachian State Advertising Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The advertising major at Appalachian State 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
Most Popular Online Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Advertising Schools	16
Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16

Advertising Student Demographics at Appalachian State

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

Appalachian State Advertising Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 96 students earned a bachelor's degree in advertising from Appalachian State. About 53% of these graduates were women and the other 47% were men. The typical advertising bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Appalachian State since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in advertising at Appalachian State 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 Appalachian State University with a bachelor's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	78
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Appalachian State also has a doctoral program available in advertising. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 NC, the home state for Appalachian State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	220	$132,250

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 Clayhefner under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.