Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at William Peace University

If you plan to study public relations, advertising, and applied communication, take a look at what William Peace University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WPU is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 910. Of the 65 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William Peace University in 2019, 8 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.

WPU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

WPU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at WPU 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 WPU 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	9
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	11
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	70

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

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

WPU 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 WPU 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 William Peace University with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

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

WPU 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 William Peace University.

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.