Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Howard University

Every public relations, advertising, and applied communication school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at Howard University stacks up to those at other schools.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 9,139. Of the 324 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 2019, 96 of them were public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors.

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.

Howard Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

Howard Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at Howard 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 public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at Howard 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	6
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	8
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	42

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

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

Howard Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. The typical public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% men. So male students are more repesented at Howard since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 71% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	95
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Howard 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

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 Howard 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 Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.