Public Relations & Advertising at Butler University

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

Butler is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and has a total student population of 5,544. Of the 450 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Butler University in 2021, 91 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.

Butler Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Online Classes Are Available at Butler

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Butler does offer online courses in public relations for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Butler Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at Butler 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 Butler 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
	12
	20
	35
	47
	49
	105
	105

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in public relations from Butler. This is the #106 most popular school for public relations master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Butler

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

Butler Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

The public relations program at Butler awarded 91 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Butler 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 Butler University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	73
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Butler 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 Butler University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	57
General Organizational Communication	19
Sports Communication	15

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 Butler 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 Peetlesnumber1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.