Public Relations & Advertising at Rowan University

If you are interested in studying public relations and advertising, you may want to check out the program at Rowan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rowan is located in Glassboro, New Jersey and approximately 19,678 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,303 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rowan University in 2021, 199 of them were public relations and advertising majors.

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.

Rowan Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Public Relations (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations
• Master’s Degree in Public Relations

Rowan Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how Rowan performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at Rowan 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Schools	32
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in public relations from Rowan. This makes it the #52 most popular school for public relations master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Rowan Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rowan is $32,714. This is less than $36,826, which is the national average of all public relations majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Rowan

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

Rowan Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 199 public relations students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Rowan, about 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at Rowan since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Rowan 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 Rowan University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	138
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Rowan Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a master’s in public relations from Rowan in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Of the students who received a public relations master's degree from Rowan, 58% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

Rowan also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 NJ, the home state for Rowan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Public Relations Specialists	3,850	$75,670
Editors	3,130	$74,130
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,950	$163,560
Technical Writers	1,830	$84,280
Community Health Workers	1,250	$51,560

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 Wasted Time R under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.