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Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Oakland University

Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Oakland University

What traits are you looking for in a public relations, advertising, and applied communication school? To help you decide if Oakland University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public relations, advertising, and applied communication program.

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and has a total student population of 18,552.

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.

Oakland Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

Oakland Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

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

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

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

88% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at Oakland 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 Oakland University with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 MI, the home state for Oakland University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Public Relations Specialists 6,280 $61,760
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 1,400 $121,690
Communications Professors 900 $71,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers 580 $124,670

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*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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