Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Point Park University

What traits are you looking for in a public relations, advertising, and applied communication school? To help you decide if Point Park University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public relations, advertising, and applied communication program.

Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,099. In 2019, 26 public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors received their bachelor's degree from Point Park.

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.

Point Park Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Point Park

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Point Park offers distance education options for public relations, advertising, and applied communication at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Point Park Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at Point Park 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 public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at Point Park 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 Popular Online Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	6
Most Popular Online Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	23
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	25
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	34

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at Point Park

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

Point Park Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

The public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at Point Park awarded 26 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at Point Park 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 Point Park University with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Point Park 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 PA, the home state for Point Park University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,620	$123,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720
Advertising and Promotions Managers	500	$143,620

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 J. James under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.