Communication Sciences at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and has a total student population of 12,349. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in communication sciences from EWU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

EWU Communication Sciences Degrees Available

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

EWU Communication Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication sciences programs across the country. The following shows how EWU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication sciences major at EWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication Sciences. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	40

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in communication sciences from EWU. This makes it the #168 most popular school for communication sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Program

The communication sciences program at EWU awarded 27 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 7% of these degrees went to men with the other 93% going to women. The typical communication sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication sciences at EWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	18
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

EWU Communication Sciences Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students earned a master's degree in communication sciences from EWU. About 96% of these graduates were women and the other 4% were men.

Of the students who received a communication sciences master's degree from EWU, 54% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

EWU also has a doctoral program available in communication sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Health Sciences & Services
• Public Health
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Mental & Social Health Services

Careers That Communication Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication sciences 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
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Speech-Language Pathologists	3,250	$73,220
Audiologists	340	$86,670

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.