Public Relations at The University of Alabama

If you plan to study public relations, 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, 194 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from UA.

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.

UA Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

UA Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR 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 PR major at UA 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
	4
	18
	19
	32

PR Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 194 students earned a bachelor's degree in PR from UA. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR 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 PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	163
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• 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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Public Relations Specialists	1,890	$53,890
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	510	$89,950
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.