Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 19,204.

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.

Georgetown Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

Georgetown Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

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

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

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

Of the 52 students who earned a master's degree in Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication from Georgetown in 2018-2019, 17% were men and 83% were women.

In the public relations, advertising, and applied communication master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgetown University with a master's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• International & Intercultural Communication
• Public Relations

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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Public Relations Specialists	17,310	$107,490
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,390	$188,050
Communications Professors	290	$92,970
Advertising and Promotions Managers	140	$143,600

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.