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Public Relations & Advertising at Northern Kentucky University

Public Relations & Advertising at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211.

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.

NKU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

NKU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at NKU 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 NKU

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

NKU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

79% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in public relations.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 Kentucky University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations 32
Health Communication 3

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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Public Relations Specialists 2,200 $50,580
Community Health Workers 1,220 $38,210
Editors 770 $44,050
Reporters and Correspondents 740 $50,190
Radio and Television Announcers 540 $39,180

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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