Public Relations at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 64 PR 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 section at the bottom of this page.

UT Knoxville Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

UT Knoxville Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville 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
	30
	32
	54

PR Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of PR bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR 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 PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	51
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Knoxville 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 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
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	880	$99,360
Advertising and Promotions Managers	650	$82,270
Communications Professors	310	$56,860

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.