Public Relations at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 78 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from USC.

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.

USC Public Relations Degrees Available

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

USC Public Relations Rankings

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

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 USC 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
	3
	4
	4
	8
	95

In 2021, 66 students received their master’s degree in PR from USC. This makes it the #2 most popular school for PR master’s degree candidates in the country.

PR Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 78 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in PR from USC in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	35
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

USC Public Relations Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 PR majors earned their master's degree from USC. Of these graduates, 23% were men and 77% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in PR each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the PR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	13
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication
• International & Intercultural Communication

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	8,330	$141,990
Advertising and Promotions Managers	2,850	$137,630

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.