Communication Sciences at Emerson College

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study communication sciences, take a look at what Emerson College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Emerson is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 5,115 students attend the school each year.

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.

Emerson Communication Sciences Degrees Available

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

Emerson Communication Sciences Rankings

The communication sciences major at Emerson 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.

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at Emerson

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication sciences majors at Emerson College.

Emerson Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Program

78% Women

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of communication sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical communication sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at Emerson since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication sciences at Emerson 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 Emerson College with a bachelor's in communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Emerson Communication Sciences Master’s Program

97% Women

44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of communication sciences master's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

Of the students who received a communication sciences master's degree from Emerson, 51% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communication sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	84
White	159
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Concentrations Within Communication Sciences

If you plan to be a communication sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Emerson College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	148
General Communication Sciences & Disorders	14

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 MA, the home state for Emerson College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Speech-Language Pathologists	4,060	$85,720
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230
Audiologists	420	$79,700

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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