Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Florida Southern College

What traits are you looking for in a public relations, advertising, and applied communication school? To help you decide if Florida Southern College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public relations, advertising, and applied communication program.

Florida Southern is located in Lakeland, Florida and has a total student population of 3,154. In 2019, 29 public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors received their bachelor's degree from Florida Southern.

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.

Florida Southern Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

Florida Southern Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

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

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	17
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	26
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	32

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at Florida Southern

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

Florida Southern Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern College with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Florida Southern also has a doctoral program available in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Political Communication
• Sports Communication
• General Organizational 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 FL, the home state for Florida Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	2,050	$109,570
Communications Professors	1,320	$77,290
Advertising and Promotions Managers	1,040	$98,480

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.