Public Relations at Texas State University

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

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 38,644 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 235 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from Texas State.

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.

Texas State Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

Texas State Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at Texas State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at Texas State 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	2
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	2
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	13
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Best Public Relations Schools	44

PR Student Demographics at Texas State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the PR majors at Texas State University.

Texas State Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

The PR program at Texas State awarded 235 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 23% of these degrees went to men with the other 77% going to women. The typical PR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 21% men. So male students are more repesented at Texas State since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at Texas State are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its PR bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas State University with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	78
White	123
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Texas State 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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	4,680	$125,490
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Advertising and Promotions Managers	1,590	$98,960

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.