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Speech Communication at Boston College

Speech Communication at Boston College

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

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and approximately 14,934 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.

Boston College Speech Communication Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

Boston College Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at Boston College 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 Boston College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the speech communication majors at Boston College.

Boston College Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at Boston College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 86
International Students 14
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

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 MA, the home state for Boston College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists 7,040 $68,610
Writers and Authors 1,490 $70,000
Communications Professors 530 $79,930
Radio and Television Announcers 490 $66,730
Public Address System Announcers 130 $46,510

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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