Speech Communication at Arkansas Tech University

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a speech communication school? To help you decide if Arkansas Tech University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's speech communication program.

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and approximately 10,829 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Speech Communication section at the bottom of this page.

ATU Speech Communication Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Speech Communication (Less Than 1 Year)
Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

ATU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at ATU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Speech Communication. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Speech Communication Student Demographics at ATU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the speech communication majors at Arkansas Tech University.

ATU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

58% Women

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical speech communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at ATU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at ATU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Speech Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in speech communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Public Relations Specialists	1,110	$60,470
Radio and Television Announcers	330	$33,140
Communications Professors	250	$65,060
Writers and Authors	120	$48,670

References

*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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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