Public Relations & Advertising at Central Washington University

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

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a total student population of 11,174.

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

CWU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

CWU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at CWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations & 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.

Public Relations Student Demographics at CWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at Central Washington University.

CWU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

Public Relations & Advertising majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Central Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations	23

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Journalism
• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Public Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Community Health Workers	2,230	$42,610
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	2,170	$128,420
Editors	1,830	$67,560
Technical Writers	1,180	$86,470

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.