Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

What traits are you looking for in a public relations, advertising, and applied communication school? To help you decide if University of Louisiana at Lafayette is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public relations, advertising, and applied communication program.

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and approximately 17,123 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from UL Lafayette.

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.

UL Lafayette Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

UL Lafayette Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations, advertising, and applied communication progam at UL Lafayette compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UL Lafayette 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	39
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	46
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	65
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	85

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public relations, advertising, and applied communication from UL Lafayette in 2019, 43% were men and 57% were 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 UL Lafayette since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UL Lafayette 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

• Public Relations

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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$53,390
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	300	$91,740
Advertising and Promotions Managers	190	$75,450
Communications Professors	130	$65,150

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.