Public Relations & Advertising at Florida Southern College

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

Florida Southern is located in Lakeland, Florida and approximately 3,413 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from Florida Southern.

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.

Florida Southern Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Florida Southern Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how Florida Southern performed in these rankings.

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 public relations major at Florida Southern 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 Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools	120
	171
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	201

Earnings of Florida Southern Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Florida Southern is $33,714. This is less than $36,826, which is the national average of all public relations majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Florida Southern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at Florida Southern College.

Florida Southern Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public relations from Florida Southern. About 27% were men and 73% were women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern College with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Florida Southern 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
• 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 FL, the home state for Florida Southern College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Editors	4,190	$58,200
Community Health Workers	2,880	$39,930
Technical Writers	2,740	$62,710
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	2,050	$109,570

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.