Public Relations & Advertising at High Point University

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

High Point is located in High Point, North Carolina and approximately 5,617 students attend the school each year.

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.

High Point Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

High Point Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at High Point 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.

Public Relations Student Demographics at High Point

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

High Point Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at High Point since its program graduates 43% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at High Point 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 High Point University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

The following public relations concentations are available at High Point University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from High Point University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Sports Communication	12

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• 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 NC, the home state for High Point 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 LancerE under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.