Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Meredith College

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 Meredith College stacks up to those at other schools.

Meredith is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 1,905. Of the 129 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Meredith College in 2019, 23 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.

Meredith Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

Meredith Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at Meredith 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 Meredith 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	13
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	15
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	37
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	47

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

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

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

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 23 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from Meredith. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at Meredith are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Meredith College with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Meredith 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 NC, the home state for Meredith College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists	4,750	$64,450
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,260	$125,500
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	220	$132,250

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 Abbylabar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.