Public Relations at Brigham Young University - Provo

Every public relations school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the PR program at Brigham Young University - Provo stacks up to those at other schools.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and has a total student population of 34,499. Of the 1,283 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University - Provo in 2019, 90 of them were public relations majors.

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

BYU Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

BYU Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at BYU 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 PR major at BYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations. 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	17
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Best Public Relations Schools	24
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	69

PR Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the PR majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of PR bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	72
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

BYU also has a doctoral program available in PR. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Advertising

Careers That PR Grads May Go Into

A degree in PR 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 Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Public Relations Specialists	2,090	$64,180
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	530	$102,290
Communications Professors	430	$74,270
Advertising and Promotions Managers	240	$66,970

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.