Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at University of Central Arkansas

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

UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a total student population of 11,177. In 2019, 37 public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors received their bachelor's degree from UCA.

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

UCA Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

UCA Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at UCA 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 public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at UCA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication. 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, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	29
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	38
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	39

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at UCA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors at University of Central Arkansas.

UCA Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 37 students earned a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from UCA. About 65% of these graduates were women and the other 35% were men. The typical public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% men. So male students are more repesented at UCA since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at UCA are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public relations, advertising, and applied communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Arkansas with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCA also has a doctoral program available in public relations, advertising, and applied communication. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for University of Central Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Public Relations Specialists	1,110	$60,470
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	340	$114,450
Communications Professors	250	$65,060
Advertising and Promotions Managers	140	$120,990

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 Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.