Public Relations at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 81 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from UH.

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.

UH Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR
• Master’s Degree in PR

UH Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how UH performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at UH 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
	34
	59
	75

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in PR from UH. This makes it the #17 most popular school for PR master’s degree candidates in the country.

PR Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 81 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations from UH in 2020-2021, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its PR bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	20
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UH Public Relations Master’s Program

The PR program at UH awarded 4 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston with a master's in PR.

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

UH also has a doctoral program available in PR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Communication
• Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication
• 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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	4,680	$125,490
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Advertising and Promotions Managers	1,590	$98,960

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.