Public Relations & Advertising at University of Southern Indiana

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

USI is located in Evansville, Indiana and approximately 10,203 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,629 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern Indiana in 2021, 38 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.

USI Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

USI Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at USI 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	101
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Schools	119
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Schools	160

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from USI Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at USI is $30,290. This is less than $36,826, which is the national average of all public relations majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Public Relations Student Demographics at USI

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

USI Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 38 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations & Advertising from USI in 2020-2021, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at USI since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at USI 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 Southern Indiana with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USI 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
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• 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 IN, the home state for University of Southern Indiana.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Public Relations Specialists	3,850	$53,870
Community Health Workers	1,630	$42,000
Editors	1,110	$51,800
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,050	$105,770

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 AJ Eaton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.