Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,182. Of the 1,486 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Kentucky in 2019, 173 of them were public relations, advertising, and applied communication majors.

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.

UK Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

UK 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 UK 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 UK 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	3
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21

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

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

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

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 173 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from UK. About 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at UK 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 University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	146
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UK 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

• Health Communication

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Public Relations Specialists	2,200	$50,580
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	510	$85,920
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Advertising and Promotions Managers	190	$99,080

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.