Public Relations & Advertising at Ohio University - Athens Campus

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

OHIO Athens is located in Athens, Ohio and approximately 25,714 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.

OHIO Athens Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

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

OHIO Athens Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

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There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in public relations, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Relations Student Demographics at OHIO Athens

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

OHIO Athens Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

The public relations program at OHIO Athens awarded 28 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

Of the students who received a public relations master's degree from OHIO Athens, 64% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 OH, the home state for Ohio University - Athens Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Public Relations Specialists	6,710	$62,740
Editors	2,090	$60,670
Community Health Workers	1,970	$38,490
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,940	$116,730
Technical Writers	1,830	$63,340

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 Robert Chriss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.