Public Relations & Advertising at Brigham Young University - Provo

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 Brigham Young University - Provo stacks up to those at other schools.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and has a total student population of 36,461. Of the 1,239 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University - Provo in 2021, 187 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.

BYU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

BYU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at BYU 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
	1
	24
	29
	38
	78
	100

Earnings of BYU Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at BYU is $41,037. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at BYU

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

BYU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 187 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public relations from BYU. About 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at BYU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	151
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

Public Relations & Advertising majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Brigham Young University - Provo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Advertising	98
Public Relations	88
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	1

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Public Relations Specialists	2,090	$64,180
Editors	960	$60,990
Technical Writers	750	$66,940
Community Health Workers	550	$47,830
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	530	$102,290

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.