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Public Relations & Advertising at Elon University

Public Relations & Advertising at Elon University

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

Elon is located in Elon, North Carolina and approximately 7,117 students attend the school each year.

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.

Elon Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Elon Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at Elon 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 Elon

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

Elon Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

77% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 23% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Elon 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 Elon University with a bachelor's in public relations.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 148
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Elon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication Management and Strategic Communications 159

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 NC, the home state for Elon University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists 4,750 $64,450
Editors 2,090 $67,450
Technical Writers 1,390 $76,070
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 1,260 $125,500
Communications Professors 1,000 $65,770

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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