Public Relations & Advertising at Elon University

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

Elon is located in Elon, North Carolina and approximately 7,117 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 159 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from Elon.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at Elon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools	29
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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

Of the 159 public relations students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Elon, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 87% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	139
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Elon also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By MPD01605 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.