Public Relations at Texas Tech University

If you plan to study public relations, take a look at what Texas Tech University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 40,322. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 146 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from Texas Tech.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations section at the bottom of this page.

Texas Tech Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Texas Tech Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Texas Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at Texas Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. 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
	6
	26
	29

PR Student Demographics at Texas Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the PR majors at Texas Tech University.

Texas Tech Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 146 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations from Texas Tech in 2020-2021, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Texas Tech 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 Texas Tech University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	99
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Texas Tech also has a doctoral program available in PR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication
• Advertising

Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

A degree in PR can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Texas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	4,680	$125,490
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Advertising and Promotions Managers	1,590	$98,960

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 Johan Hendrikse under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.