Public Relations at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,777. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 84 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from URI.

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.

URI Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

URI Public Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks PR programs across the country. The following shows how URI performed in these rankings.

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 PR major at URI 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	17
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	19
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Best Public Relations Schools	29
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29

PR Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of PR bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	74
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Public Relations Specialists	1,150	$67,480
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	370	$153,480
Communications Professors	120	$80,330
Advertising and Promotions Managers	70	$118,380

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.