Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at University of Central Arkansas

What traits are you looking for in a public relations, advertising, and applied communication school? To help you decide if University of Central Arkansas is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public relations, advertising, and applied communication program.

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,335. Of the 384 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Arkansas in 2021, 31 of them were public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication section at the bottom of this page.

UCA Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

UCA Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at UCA 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 public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at UCA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication. 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
	22
	25
	30
	31
	59
	78
	86

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at UCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors at University of Central Arkansas.

UCA Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 public relations, advertising, and applied communication students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UCA, about 26% were men and 74% were women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at UCA 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 University of Central Arkansas with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCA also has a doctoral program available in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for University of Central Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Public Relations Specialists	1,110	$60,470
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	340	$114,450
Communications Professors	250	$65,060
Advertising and Promotions Managers	140	$120,990

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 Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.