Speech Communication at Eastern Michigan University

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

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and has a total student population of 16,294.

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 Michigan Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

Eastern Michigan Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at Eastern Michigan 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 Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

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 Michigan since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	46
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Eastern Michigan Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from Eastern Michigan, 63% 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 Eastern Michigan University with a master's in speech communication.

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

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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Public Relations Specialists	6,280	$61,760
Writers and Authors	1,120	$60,850
Communications Professors	900	$71,770
Radio and Television Announcers	850	$40,340

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.