Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at McKendree University

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

McKendree is located in Lebanon, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,200.

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.

McKendree Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

McKendree Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at McKendree 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 McKendree

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from McKendree University with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

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

Related Majors

• General Organizational 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 IL, the home state for McKendree University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,160	$119,330
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810

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 Robert Lawton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.