Speech Communication at Eastern Kentucky University

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying speech communication, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Kentucky University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and approximately 14,465 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.

Eastern Speech Communication Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

Eastern Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at Eastern 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 Eastern

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

Eastern Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

53% Women

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% 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 Eastern since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at Eastern 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 Eastern Kentucky 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	12
International Students	2
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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Public Relations Specialists	2,200	$50,580
Radio and Television Announcers	540	$39,180
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Writers and Authors	280	$54,320

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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