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Public Relations at The University of Alabama

Public Relations at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 students attend the school each year.

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.

UA Public Relations Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in PR

UA Public Relations Rankings

The pr major at UA 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.

PR Student Demographics at UA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the pr majors at The University of Alabama.

UA Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

85% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 15% of pr bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

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About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in pr at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in pr.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 10
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 182
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Public Relations Specialists 1,890 $53,890
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 510 $89,950
Communications Professors 250 $64,270
Advertising and Promotions Managers 50 $110,480

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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