Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at University of Southern California

What traits are you looking for in a public relations, advertising, and applied communication school? To help you decide if University of Southern California is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public relations, advertising, and applied communication program.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication section at the bottom of this page.

USC Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

USC Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at USC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors at University of Southern California.

USC Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of public relations, advertising, and applied communication master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the public relations, advertising, and applied communication master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	29
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• International & Intercultural Communication
• Public Relations

Careers That Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	8,330	$141,990
Advertising and Promotions Managers	2,850	$137,630

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.