Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Grand Valley State University

If you are interested in studying public relations, advertising, & applied communication, 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 has a total student population of 23,350.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication section at the bottom of this page.

GVSU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

GVSU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at GVSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication. 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, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at GVSU

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

GVSU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at GVSU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication 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, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	96
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• Health Communication

Careers That Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication 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
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,400	$121,690
Communications Professors	900	$71,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	580	$124,670

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.