Public Relations is a concentration offered under the public relations and advertising major at Eastern Kentucky University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in PR, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, 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.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Eastern paid an average of $806 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $386 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,266 | $19,338 |
Fees | $610 | $610 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,476 | $10,476 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,800 | $2,800 |
Learn more about Eastern tuition and fees.
Eastern does not offer an online option for its PR bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Eastern Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in PR in 2019-2020, 77.4% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 79.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 19.4% of the PR bachelor’s degrees at Eastern 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 | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 24 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.