Public Relations & Advertising at George Fox University

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

GFU is located in Newberg, Oregon and approximately 4,106 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 10 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from GFU.

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.

GFU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

GFU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

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

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 GFU 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
	88
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from GFU Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at GFU is $38,388. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at GFU

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

GFU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public relations from GFU in 2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at GFU 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 George Fox University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 OR, the home state for George Fox University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Public Relations Specialists	3,210	$66,800
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,330	$96,140
Editors	1,080	$55,610
Community Health Workers	750	$42,350
Technical Writers	680	$68,320

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 George Fox University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.