Public Relations & Advertising at Northern Arizona 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 Northern Arizona University stacks up to those at other schools.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and has a total student population of 29,566.

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.

NAU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

NAU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at NAU 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 NAU

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

NAU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% 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 NAU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at NAU 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	65
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

Public Relations & Advertising majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Northern Arizona University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	151
Technical & Scientific Communication	6
Public Relations	1
Advertising	1

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism (Other)
• Journalism
• Communication & Media Studies
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Public Relations Specialists	3,080	$62,500
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,350	$104,120
Community Health Workers	1,030	$40,090
Editors	1,020	$57,180
Reporters and Correspondents	680	$61,400

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.