Public Relations & Advertising at University of Memphis

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

UofM is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 22,205. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from UofM.

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.

UofM Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

Online Classes Are Available at UofM

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UofM offers distance education options for public relations at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UofM Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at UofM 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
	204
	257

Public Relations Student Demographics at UofM

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

UofM Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 46 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public relations from UofM in 2021, 26% were men and 74% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Memphis with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UofM 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 University of Memphis.

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 BenSherman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.