Advertising at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Advertising section at the bottom of this page.

UT Austin Advertising Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Advertising (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising
• Master’s Degree in Advertising

UT Austin Advertising Rankings

The advertising major at UT Austin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in advertising, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Advertising Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the advertising majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Advertising Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its advertising bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	85
White	127
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

UT Austin Advertising Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of advertising master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the advertising master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	13
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Related Majors

• General Organizational Communication
• Public Relations

Careers That Advertising Grads May Go Into

A degree in advertising 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 The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Advertising and Promotions Managers	1,590	$98,960

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.