Public Relations & Advertising at Georgetown University

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

Georgetown is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 19,371. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 157 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.

Georgetown Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Relations

Georgetown Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Public Relations Student Demographics at Georgetown

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

Georgetown Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

The public relations program at Georgetown awarded 157 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	65
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Related Majors

• Journalism

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 DC, the home state for Georgetown University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Public Relations Specialists	17,310	$107,490
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,390	$188,050
Editors	3,330	$89,710
Reporters and Correspondents	1,610	$100,550
Community Health Workers	810	$61,770

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 Lucas Cantor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.