Speech Communication at Eastern Washington 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 Eastern Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and has a total student population of 12,349.

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.

EWU Speech Communication Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Speech Communication (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication
• Master’s Degree in Speech Communication

EWU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at EWU 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 EWU

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

EWU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% 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 EWU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at EWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its speech communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

EWU Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in speech communication each year. EWU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 63% more men than average.

In the speech communication master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	0
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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.