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Public Relations & Advertising at University of Central Oklahoma

Public Relations & Advertising at University of Central Oklahoma

What traits are you looking for in a public relations school? To help you decide if University of Central Oklahoma is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public relations program.

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and approximately 14,132 students attend the school each year.

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.

UCO Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

UCO Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at UCO 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.

Public Relations Student Demographics at UCO

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

UCO Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

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About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at UCO 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 University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor's in public relations.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 40
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Central Oklahoma. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication 55
General Organizational Communication 15

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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation Jobs in OK Average Salary in OK
Public Relations Specialists 1,880 $51,060
Community Health Workers 1,110 $47,110
Technical Writers 730 $57,450
Editors 700 $44,380
Reporters and Correspondents 480 $38,300

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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