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Public Relations at Murray State University

Public Relations at Murray State University

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

Murray State is located in Murray, Kentucky and approximately 9,449 students attend the school each year.

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

Murray State Public Relations Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Murray State Public Relations Rankings

The pr major at Murray State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. 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.

PR Student Demographics at Murray State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the pr majors at Murray State University.

Murray State Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of pr bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical pr bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Murray State since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in pr at Murray State 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 Murray State University with a bachelor's in pr.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

A degree in pr can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Murray State University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Public Relations Specialists 2,200 $50,580
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 510 $85,920
Communications Professors 420 $68,530
Advertising and Promotions Managers 190 $99,080

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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