Public Relations & Advertising at Texas Tech University

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

Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and approximately 40,322 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 299 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from Texas Tech.

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.

Texas Tech Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations
• Master’s Degree in Public Relations

Texas Tech Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at Texas Tech 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.

In 2021, 64 students received their master’s degree in public relations from Texas Tech. This makes it the #9 most popular school for public relations master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from Texas Tech Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at Texas Tech is $38,482. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at Texas Tech

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

Texas Tech Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 299 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public relations from Texas Tech in 2021, 37% were men and 63% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas Tech since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at Texas Tech are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	79
White	187
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Texas Tech Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of public relations master's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

Of the students who received a public relations master's degree from Texas Tech, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University with a master's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	42
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Texas Tech also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Communication & Media Studies

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 TX, the home state for Texas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	4,680	$125,490
Technical Writers	4,550	$75,000
Community Health Workers	2,820	$41,640

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 Johan Hendrikse under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.