Public Relations is a concentration offered under the public relations and advertising major at The University of Texas at Austin. 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.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UT Austin was $1,795 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $542 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,448 | $40,032 |
Books and Supplies | $714 | $714 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,286 | $12,286 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,480 | $4,480 |
Learn more about UT Austin tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the UT Austin PR bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UT Austin Online Learning page.
Women made up around 81.2% of the PR students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 79.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in PR at UT Austin in 2019-2020, 42.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 29%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 10 |
Hispanic or Latino | 49 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 101 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 9 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Organizational Communication | 42 |
Advertising | 344 |
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*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.