Public Relations at University of Memphis

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

UofM is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 22,205. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from UofM.

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.

UofM Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Online Classes Are Available at UofM

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UofM does offer online courses in PR for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UofM Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at UofM compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UofM 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
	17
	43
	76
	77
	81
	82

PR Student Demographics at UofM

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

UofM Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of PR bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at UofM since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at UofM are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Memphis with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UofM 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 TN, the home state for University of Memphis.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Public Relations Specialists	1,980	$64,170
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	880	$99,360
Advertising and Promotions Managers	650	$82,270
Communications Professors	310	$56,860

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 BenSherman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.