Public Relations & Advertising at Winthrop University

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 Winthrop University stacks up to those at other schools.

Winthrop is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina and has a total student population of 5,576. Of the 1,001 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Winthrop University in 2021, 20 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.

Winthrop Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Winthrop Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at Winthrop 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 Schools	171
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Schools	171
	198

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from Winthrop Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Winthrop is $32,833. 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 Winthrop

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

Winthrop Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

The public relations program at Winthrop awarded 20 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Winthrop are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Winthrop University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Winthrop 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 SC, the home state for Winthrop University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists	2,070	$54,860
Editors	820	$46,630
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	610	$87,780
Technical Writers	540	$67,000
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$46,660

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 Bill Fitzpatrick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.