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

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 13,250. In 2019, 11 advertising majors received their bachelor's degree from Ferris.

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

Ferris Advertising Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Advertising (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising

Ferris Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the advertising progam at Ferris 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 Ferris 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 Advertising Basic Certificate Schools	10
Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular Advertising Schools	61
Most Focused Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
Most Focused Advertising Schools	79

Advertising Student Demographics at Ferris

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

Ferris Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of advertising bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical advertising bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Ferris since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in advertising at Ferris 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 Ferris State University with a bachelor's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Sports Communication
• 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 MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Communications Professors	900	$71,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	580	$124,670

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.