Public Relations & Advertising at University of Rhode Island

If you are interested in studying public relations and advertising, you may want to check out the program at University of Rhode Island. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 104 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations from URI.

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.

URI Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

URI Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations programs across the country. The following shows how URI 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 URI 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
	57
Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from URI Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $39,721. This is 8% higher than $36,826, which is the national average for all public relations bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Relations Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 104 public relations students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from URI, about 31% were men and 69% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	84
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Public Relations Specialists	1,150	$67,480
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	370	$153,480
Technical Writers	290	$67,200
Editors	200	$66,900
Communications Professors	120	$80,330

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.