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Moody College of Communication at UT Austin

Photo: Jesse Jones Communication Building.
Jesse Jones Communication Building. Photo: Andman8, CC BY 3.0

Departments

335 courses taught in Spring 2026 and Fall 2026.

Moody College of Communication departments
DepartmentPeopleCourses
Department of Communication StudiesBDP, CMS75 people70
Department of Radio-Television-FilmDGI, RTF, SPB76 people72
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing SciencesAUD, SLH38 people28
School of Journalism and MediaJ45 people68
Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public RelationsADV, CLD, COM, P R63 people97
Bachelor’s degrees7 programs
Master’s degrees6 programs
Doctoral degrees6 programs
Pay after graduationUp to $88,800
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 years out
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesDoctoral · Speech, language, and hearing sciences$88,800—
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationMaster’s · Advertising$52,400$83,500
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor’s · Advertising, Public relations$55,900$80,200
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor’s · Communication studies$50,700$72,200
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesBachelor’s · Speech, language, and hearing sciences$32,800$67,400
Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationMaster’s · Radio-television-film$36,700$65,100
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster’s · Speech, language, and hearing sciences$65,400$64,100
JournalismBachelor’s · Journalism$41,600$61,100
Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationBachelor’s · Radio-television-film$36,900$52,900

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

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