Public Relations at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 132 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from UGA.

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.

UGA Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

UGA Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how UGA 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 PR major at UGA 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
	23
	56

PR Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 132 PR majors earned their bachelor's degree from UGA. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at UGA 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 Georgia with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	104
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UGA 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Public Relations Specialists	4,920	$62,070
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,680	$117,770
Advertising and Promotions Managers	610	$146,390
Communications Professors	400	$77,820

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.