Public Relations & Advertising at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a total student population of 35,470.

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.

UofSC Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

UofSC Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The public relations major at UofSC 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 UofSC

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

UofSC Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of public relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at UofSC since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at UofSC 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	143
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

Public Relations & Advertising majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of South Carolina - Columbia. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations	153
Advertising	124
Health Communication	2

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists	2,070	$54,860
Editors	820	$46,630
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	610	$87,780
Technical Writers	540	$67,000
Reporters and Correspondents	480	$46,660

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.