Public Relations & Advertising at Mercer University

Every public relations & advertising school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public relations program at Mercer University stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and approximately 9,006 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.

Mercer Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations
• Master’s Degree in Public Relations

Mercer Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at Mercer 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 Mercer

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

Mercer Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 Mercer since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Mercer are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mercer Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

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

In the public relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 68% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mercer University with a master's in public relations.

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

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mercer University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Technical & Scientific Communication	3

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• Journalism
• 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 GA, the home state for Mercer University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Public Relations Specialists	4,920	$62,070
Editors	2,190	$61,330
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,680	$117,770
Reporters and Correspondents	1,230	$51,140

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 Korea2006 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.