Public Relations at Georgia Southern University

What traits are you looking for in a PR school? To help you decide if Georgia Southern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's PR program.

GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and has a total student population of 26,408. Of the 918 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University in 2019, 79 of them were public relations majors.

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

GaSou Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

GaSou Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at GaSou compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at GaSou is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. 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 Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Best Public Relations Schools	58

PR Student Demographics at GaSou

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the PR majors at Georgia Southern University.

GaSou Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 79 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations from GaSou in 2018-2019, 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at GaSou 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 Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	58
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Technical & Scientific Communication

Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

A degree in PR can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Georgia Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Public Relations Specialists	4,920	$62,070
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,680	$117,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	610	$146,390
Communications Professors	400	$77,820

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 Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.