Speech Communication at Duquesne University

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

Duquesne is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 8,830.

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.

Duquesne Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

Duquesne Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at Duquesne 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 Duquesne

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

Duquesne Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% 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 Duquesne since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at Duquesne 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 Duquesne University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Duquesne Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

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

Related Majors

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 PA, the home state for Duquesne University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Public Relations Specialists	8,390	$61,510
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720
Radio and Television Announcers	1,200	$38,980
Public Address System Announcers	330	$39,370

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 Alekjds under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.