Public Relations & Advertising at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986. In 2021, 168 public relations majors received their bachelor's degree from UK.

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.

UK Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

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

UK Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how UK 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 UK 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
	20
	27
	33
	98
	116

Earnings of UK Public Relations Graduates

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at UK is $36,018. This is less than $36,826, which is the national average of all public relations majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Public Relations Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

The public relations program at UK awarded 168 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at UK 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 Kentucky with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	129
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UK also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 0 student 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 University of Kentucky. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	168

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Public Relations Specialists	2,200	$50,580
Community Health Workers	1,220	$38,210
Editors	770	$44,050
Reporters and Correspondents	740	$50,190
Radio and Television Announcers	540	$39,180

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.