Speech Communication at DePaul University

Every speech communication school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the speech communication program at DePaul University stacks up to those at other schools.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 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.

DePaul Speech Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication
• Master’s Degree in Speech Communication

DePaul Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at DePaul 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 DePaul

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

DePaul Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at DePaul 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 DePaul University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

DePaul Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from DePaul, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies

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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Radio and Television Announcers	920	$52,020
Public Address System Announcers	410	$29,430

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
• Image Credit: By Just under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.