Public Relations at University of Oregon

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

UO is located in Eugene, Oregon and has a total student population of 22,644. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 213 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from UO.

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.

UO Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

UO Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how UO 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 PR major at UO 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	3
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	8
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Best Public Relations Schools	34

PR Student Demographics at UO

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

UO Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 213 PR students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from UO, about 15% were men and 85% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at UO are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Oregon with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	150
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

UO also has a doctoral program available in PR. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication
• 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 OR, the home state for University of Oregon.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Public Relations Specialists	3,210	$66,800
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	1,330	$96,140
Communications Professors	390	$80,700
Advertising and Promotions Managers	330	$105,200

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.