Public Relations & Advertising at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Every public relations and advertising school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public relations program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 130 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from UT Knoxville.

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.

UT Knoxville Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

UT Knoxville Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how UT Knoxville performed in these rankings.

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 public relations major at UT Knoxville 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
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from UT Knoxville Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Knoxville is $35,884. 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 UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at UT Knoxville 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 Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	101
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UT Knoxville 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
• 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Public Relations Specialists	1,980	$64,170
Editors	1,690	$54,400
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	880	$99,360
Community Health Workers	850	$44,630
Artist, Athlete, and Performer Agents and Business Managers	720	$86,750

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.