Advertising at The University of Alabama

If you plan to study advertising, take a look at what The University of Alabama has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and has a total student population of 37,840. In 2021, 123 advertising majors received their bachelor's degree from UA.

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

UA Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising
• Master’s Degree in Advertising

UA Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the advertising progam at UA 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 advertising major at UA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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
	4
	8
	8
	9
	28
	29
	29
	33
	37

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in advertising from UA. This makes it the #4 most popular school for advertising master’s degree candidates in the country.

Advertising Student Demographics at UA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the advertising majors at The University of Alabama.

UA Advertising Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 123 advertising majors earned their bachelor's degree from UA. Of these graduates, 27% were men and 73% were women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in advertising at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	101
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UA Advertising Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of advertising master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Of the students who received a advertising master's degree from UA, 74% 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 The University of Alabama with a master's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations

Careers That Advertising Grads May Go Into

A degree in advertising can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Communications Professors	250	$64,270
Advertising and Promotions Managers	50	$110,480

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.