Public Relations & Advertising at High Point University

If you plan to study public relations and 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. In 2021, 12 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from High Point.

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

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools	221
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Schools	234

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 public relations majors earned their bachelor's degree from High Point. Of these graduates, 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at High Point since its program graduates 47% more men than average.

About 75% 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	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

High Point 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 & 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.