Public Relations & Advertising at West Virginia Wesleyan College

Every public relations and 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 West Virginia Wesleyan College stacks up to those at other schools.

West Virginia Wesleyan is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia and approximately 1,066 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from West Virginia Wesleyan.

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.

West Virginia Wesleyan Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

West Virginia Wesleyan Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at West Virginia Wesleyan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at West Virginia Wesleyan 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 Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	249

Public Relations Student Demographics at West Virginia Wesleyan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

West Virginia Wesleyan Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

The public relations program at West Virginia Wesleyan awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at West Virginia Wesleyan since its program graduates 39% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at West Virginia Wesleyan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 West Virginia Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Community Health Workers	740	$34,080
Communications Professors	330	$51,150
Public Relations Specialists	310	$62,310
Reporters and Correspondents	260	$38,260
Radio and Television Announcers	200	$28,210

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 Fryeguy91 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.