Public Relations & Advertising is a major offered under the communication and journalism program of study at Capital University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in public relations, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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BA in Communication - Public Relations
Prepare to develop your skills in building mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their public audiences.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Capital was ranked #118 on College Factual's Best Schools for public relations list. It is also ranked #5 in Ohio.
Here are some of the other rankings for Capital.
Part-time undergraduates at Capital paid an average of $1,266 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $37,978 | $37,978 |
Fees | $320 | $320 |
Books and Supplies | $1,600 | $1,600 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,716 | $11,716 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,440 | $2,440 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Public Relations students who received their bachelor’s degree at Capital took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 16% higher than the national average of $23,348.
public relations who receive their bachelor’s degree from Capital make an average of $40,672 a year during the early days of their career. That is 17% higher than the national average of $34,735.
Online degrees for the Capital public relations bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Capital Online Learning page.
Women made up around 81.3% of the public relations students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 72.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 6.3% of the public relations bachelor’s degrees at Capital in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 29%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 13 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Public Relations & Advertising students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Organizational Communication | 2 |
Public Relations | 14 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public relations and advertising.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Communication & Media Studies | 4 |
Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 12 |
*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.
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