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

If you are interested in studying public relations, advertising, and applied communication, you may want to check out the program at University of Central Oklahoma. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 15,393. In 2019, 96 public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors received their bachelor's degree from UCO.

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.

UCO Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

UCO Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public relations, advertising, and applied communication programs across the country. The following shows how UCO performed in these rankings.

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 public relations, advertising, and applied communication major at UCO 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 Schools	10
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	22
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37

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

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 Oklahoma.

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

The public relations, advertising, and applied communication program at UCO awarded 96 bachelor's degrees in 2018-2019. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. 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 UCO since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at UCO are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Oklahoma with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	54
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UCO 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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Public Relations Specialists	1,880	$51,060
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	400	$94,870
Communications Professors	330	$50,700
Advertising and Promotions Managers	110	$89,600

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 Houstonman6 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.