Public Relations & Advertising at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and has a total student population of 50,626. Of the 10,333 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Florida - Main Campus in 2021, 183 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.

USF Tampa Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations
• Master’s Degree in Public Relations

USF Tampa Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

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

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 USF Tampa 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
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools	23
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools	101
Most Focused Public Relations & Advertising Schools	197

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in public relations from USF Tampa. This makes it the #80 most popular school for public relations master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Relations Student Demographics at USF Tampa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at University of South Florida - Main Campus.

USF Tampa Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 183 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public relations from USF Tampa. About 27% were men and 73% were women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at USF Tampa are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 South Florida - Main Campus with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	96
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

USF Tampa Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a master's degree in public relations from USF Tampa. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men.

Of the students who received a public relations master's degree from USF Tampa, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USF Tampa 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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Editors	4,190	$58,200
Community Health Workers	2,880	$39,930
Technical Writers	2,740	$62,710
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	2,050	$109,570

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.