Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Oakland University

If you are interested in studying public relations, advertising, and applied communication, you may want to check out the program at Oakland University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 19,309 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from Oakland.

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.

Oakland Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

Oakland Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at Oakland 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 public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at Oakland 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
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	54
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	70
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	88
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	104

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

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at Oakland 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 Oakland University with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Oakland 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 MI, the home state for Oakland University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Public Relations Specialists	6,280	$61,760
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,400	$121,690
Communications Professors	900	$71,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	580	$124,670

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 Brian Gingrich under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.