Public Relations & Advertising at The University of Texas at Austin

If you are interested in studying public relations and advertising, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at Austin. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received their master's degree in public relations.

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.

UT Austin Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in public relations, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Relations Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students graduated with a master's degree in public relations from UT Austin. About 19% were men and 81% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	10
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Journalism
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Editors	5,490	$72,300
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	4,680	$125,490
Technical Writers	4,550	$75,000
Community Health Workers	2,820	$41,640

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.