by our College Data Analytics TeamCommunication Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at The University of Texas at Austin. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in communication sciences, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UT Austin paid an average of $1,228 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $659 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,028 | $22,886 |
Online degrees for the UT Austin communication sciences doctor’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 84.6% of the communication sciences students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 85.8%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in communication sciences at UT Austin in 2019-2020, 15.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 16%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 9 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Communication Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Communication Sciences & Disorders | 3 |
| Speech Pathology & Audiology | 10 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 49 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 132 |
| Public Health | 2 |
| Nursing | 29 |
*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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