Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Emerson College

If you plan to study public relations, advertising, and applied communication, take a look at what Emerson College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Emerson is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 4,573 students attend the school each year.

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.

Emerson Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

Emerson Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

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

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

Emerson Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Program

Of the 2 public relations, advertising, and applied communication students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from Emerson, about 100% were men and 0% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in public relations, advertising, and applied communication each year. Emerson does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 76% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public relations, advertising, and applied communication master's degree from Emerson, 100% 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 Emerson College with a master's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

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

Related Majors

• Sports Communication
• Political 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 MA, the home state for Emerson College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,090	$131,460
Advertising and Promotions Managers	960	$132,370
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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 McDonald & Gill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.