Public Relations at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 28,894 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,436 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville in 2019, 63 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.

UT Knoxville Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

UT Knoxville Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville 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	29
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	32
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Best Public Relations Schools	42

PR Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the PR majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 63 PR majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	52
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UT Knoxville 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Public Relations Specialists	1,980	$64,170
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	880	$99,360
Advertising and Promotions Managers	650	$82,270
Communications Professors	310	$56,860

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.