Public Relations & Advertising at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 130 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville.

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.

UT Knoxville Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

UT Knoxville Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville 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
	40
	68
	95
	122

Earnings of UT Knoxville Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Knoxville is $35,884. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations students.

Public Relations Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 130 public relations majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville. Of these graduates, 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at UT Knoxville 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 Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	101
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UT Knoxville 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

The following public relations concentations are available at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Advertising	66
Public Relations	64

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Public Relations Specialists	1,980	$64,170
Editors	1,690	$54,400
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	880	$99,360
Community Health Workers	850	$44,630
Artist, Athlete, and Performer Agents and Business Managers	720	$86,750

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.