Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and has a total student population of 43,846. Of the 1,508 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Florida - Main Campus in 2019, 13 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.

USF Tampa Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Degrees Available

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

USF Tampa 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 USF Tampa 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 USF Tampa 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
Best Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Popular Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	50
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Most Focused Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Schools	112

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Student Demographics at USF Tampa

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

USF Tampa Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 public relations, advertising, and applied communication students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from USF Tampa, about 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations, advertising, and applied communication at USF Tampa are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 South Florida - Main Campus with a bachelor's in public relations, advertising, and applied communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USF Tampa 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

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 FL, the home state for University of South Florida - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	2,050	$109,570
Communications Professors	1,320	$77,290
Advertising and Promotions Managers	1,040	$98,480

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.