Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at Western Kentucky University

Every public relations, advertising, & applied communication 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, advertising, and applied communication program at Western Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 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, & Applied Communication section at the bottom of this page.

WKU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

Online Classes Are Available at WKU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WKU offers distance education options for public relations, advertising, and applied communication at the following degree levels:

WKU Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

Related Majors

• Health Communication
• General Organizational Communication
• Public Relations
• Advertising

Careers That Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Public Relations Specialists	2,200	$50,580
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	510	$85,920
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Advertising and Promotions Managers	190	$99,080

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 OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.