Public Relations & Advertising at Ball State University

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

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received their master's degree in public relations.

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.

Ball State Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Relations

Online Classes Are Available at Ball State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Ball State offers distance education options for public relations at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Ball State Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Public Relations Student Demographics at Ball State

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

Ball State Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a master's degree in Public Relations & Advertising from Ball State in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Of the students who received a public relations master's degree from Ball State, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Communication & Media Studies
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Public Relations Specialists	3,850	$53,870
Community Health Workers	1,630	$42,000
Editors	1,110	$51,800
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,050	$105,770

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 Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.