Public Relations & Advertising at Utah State University

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

USU is located in Logan, Utah and approximately 27,691 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,341 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University in 2021, 27 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.

USU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

USU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at USU 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 USU 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
Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	112

How Much Do Public Relations Graduates from USU Make?

The median salary of public relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at USU is $34,124. 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 USU

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

USU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 public relations students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USU, about 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical public relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% men. So male students are more repesented at USU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at USU 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 Utah State University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USU 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 UT, the home state for Utah State University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Public Relations Specialists	2,090	$64,180
Editors	960	$60,990
Technical Writers	750	$66,940
Community Health Workers	550	$47,830
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	530	$102,290

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 Cory Maylett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.