Public Relations & Advertising at Pepperdine University

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

Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and approximately 9,554 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.

Pepperdine Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Pepperdine Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at Pepperdine 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 Pepperdine

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

Pepperdine Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Pepperdine University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	40
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

Public Relations & Advertising majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Pepperdine University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	73
Advertising	44
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	20
General Organizational Communication	7
International & Intercultural Communication	4

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 CA, the home state for Pepperdine University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	8,330	$141,990
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310
Community Health Workers	6,160	$49,260

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 Infratec~commonswiki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.