Public Relations & Advertising at Grand Valley State University

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

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and approximately 23,350 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 208 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from GVSU.

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.

GVSU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

GVSU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at GVSU 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 GVSU 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	19
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools	22
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools	78
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Earnings of GVSU Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at GVSU is $37,125. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at GVSU

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

GVSU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 208 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations & Advertising from GVSU in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at GVSU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at GVSU 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 Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	164
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Public Relations Specialists	6,280	$61,760
Community Health Workers	1,860	$44,380
Editors	1,670	$58,150
Technical Writers	1,450	$68,580
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,400	$121,690

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 Demhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.