Public Relations at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 34,795 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 168 students received a bachelor's degree in PR from UofSC.

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.

UofSC Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR

UofSC Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at UofSC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The PR major at UofSC 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 Schools	6
Most Popular Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Focused Public Relations Schools	34

PR Student Demographics at UofSC

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

UofSC Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 168 students earned a bachelor's degree in PR from UofSC. About 79% of these graduates were women and the other 21% were men.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in PR at UofSC 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in PR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	140
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Health 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists	2,070	$54,860
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	610	$87,780
Communications Professors	160	$65,620
Advertising and Promotions Managers	150	$109,980

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.