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Public Relations & Advertising at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Public Relations & Advertising at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 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.

UIUC Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Public Relations

UIUC Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

Public Relations Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Program

88% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 public relations majors earned their master's degree from UIUC. Of these graduates, 12% were men and 88% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 11
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists 7,360 $66,220
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 5,160 $119,330
Editors 3,830 $62,590
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Technical Writers 1,460 $69,320

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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