Public Relations & Advertising at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 561 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from UT Austin.

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 Austin Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Public Relations (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations
• Master’s Degree in Public Relations
• Doctorate Degree in Public Relations

UT Austin Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how UT Austin performed in these rankings.

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 Austin 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
	1
	4
	5
	17
	21
	30
	38
	51
	75

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in public relations from UT Austin. This makes it the #20 most popular school for public relations master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in public relations, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from UT Austin Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $44,918. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 561 students earned a bachelor's degree in public relations from UT Austin. About 76% of these graduates were women and the other 24% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	78
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	142
White	277
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

UT Austin Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

The public relations program at UT Austin awarded 31 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women.

In the public relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	10
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Austin. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Advertising	378
Public Relations	139
General Organizational Communication	79

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	4,680	$125,490
Technical Writers	4,550	$75,000
Community Health Workers	2,820	$41,640

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.