Advertising at Boston University

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

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 32,718 students attend the school each year.

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

Boston U Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising
• Master’s Degree in Advertising

Boston U Advertising Rankings

The advertising major at Boston U 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.

Advertising Student Demographics at Boston U

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

Boston U Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of advertising bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	47
International Students	56
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Boston U Advertising Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of advertising master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a master's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	28
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Health 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 MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Advertising and Promotions Managers	960	$132,370
Communications Professors	530	$79,930

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 Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.