Advertising at Murray State University

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

Murray State is located in Murray, Kentucky and approximately 9,454 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 11 advertising majors received their bachelor's degree from Murray State.

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

Murray State Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising

Murray State Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the advertising progam at Murray State 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 advertising major at Murray State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Advertising. 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 Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Focused Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Best Advertising Schools	60
Most Popular Advertising Schools	63
Most Focused Advertising Schools	66

Advertising Student Demographics at Murray State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the advertising majors at Murray State University.

Murray State Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 advertising students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Murray State, about 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical advertising bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Murray State since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in advertising at Murray State 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 Murray State University with a bachelor's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations
• General Organizational Communication

Careers That Advertising Grads May Go Into

A degree in advertising can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Murray State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Advertising and Promotions Managers	190	$99,080

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.