Public Relations & Advertising at Roger Williams 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 Roger Williams University stacks up to those at other schools.

RWU is located in Bristol, Rhode Island and approximately 4,702 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.

RWU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

RWU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at RWU 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 RWU

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

RWU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% 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 RWU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at RWU 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 Roger Williams University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Roger Williams University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	21
International & Intercultural Communication	1

Related Majors

• 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 RI, the home state for Roger Williams University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Public Relations Specialists	1,150	$67,480
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	370	$153,480
Technical Writers	290	$67,200
Editors	200	$66,900
Communications Professors	120	$80,330

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.