Public Relations at University of Southern California

What traits are you looking for in a PR school? To help you decide if University of Southern California is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's PR program.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 47,310 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 96 PR majors received their bachelor's degree from USC.

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.

USC Public Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in PR
• Master’s Degree in PR

USC Public Relations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the PR progam at USC 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 PR major at USC 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
Best Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Public Relations Schools	11
Most Focused Public Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98

In 2019, 45 students received their master’s degree in PR from USC. This makes it the #3 most popular school for PR master’s degree candidates in the country.

PR Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Public Relations Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of PR bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its PR bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	45
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

USC Public Relations Master’s Program

Of the 45 PR students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from USC, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the PR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	9
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• International & Intercultural Communication

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Public Relations Specialists	26,820	$72,910
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	8,330	$141,990
Advertising and Promotions Managers	2,850	$137,630

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.