Advertising at Western Kentucky University

What traits are you looking for in a advertising school? To help you decide if Western Kentucky University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's advertising program.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 19,456 students attend the school each year. Of the 707 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University in 2019, 32 of them were advertising majors.

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

WKU Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising

WKU Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the advertising progam at WKU 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 advertising major at WKU 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 Focused Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Best Advertising Schools	59

Advertising Student Demographics at WKU

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

WKU Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 32 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in advertising from WKU in 2019, 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in advertising at WKU 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 Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Health Communication
• General Organizational Communication
• Public Relations

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 Western Kentucky 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
• Image Credit: By OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.