Public Relations & Advertising at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and has a total student population of 16,450. Of the 2,821 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2021, 56 of them were public relations and advertising majors.

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.

UL Lafayette Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

UL Lafayette Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at UL Lafayette compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at UL Lafayette 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
	292

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from UL Lafayette Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at UL Lafayette is $28,936. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $36,826 for all public relations students.

Public Relations Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 56 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations & Advertising from UL Lafayette in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at UL Lafayette 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 Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$53,390
Community Health Workers	480	$39,840
Reporters and Correspondents	460	$57,990
Editors	450	$42,340
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$30,040

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.