Communication Sciences at Florida State University

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

Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and approximately 43,569 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 79 communication sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Florida State.

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.

Florida State Communication Sciences Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Florida State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Florida State offers distance education options for communication sciences at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Florida State Communication Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication sciences progam at Florida State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Florida State 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
Best Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools	59
	232

In 2021, 62 students received their master’s degree in communication sciences from Florida State. This makes it the #17 most popular school for communication sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in communication sciences, making the school the #93 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Communication Sciences Graduates from Florida State Make?

The median salary of communication sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at Florida State is $18,659. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $24,407 for all communication sciences students.

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at Florida State

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

Florida State Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 79 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences from Florida State in 2020-2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication sciences at Florida State 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 Florida State University with a bachelor's in communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	63
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Florida State Communication Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 2% of communication sciences master's degrees went to men and 98% went to women.

Of the students who received a communication sciences master's degree from Florida State, 60% 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 37% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Florida State also has a doctoral program available in communication sciences. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Public Health
• Allied Health Professions
• Medicine

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 FL, the home state for Florida State University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Speech-Language Pathologists	7,380	$76,820
Audiologists	820	$68,730

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 Ayzmo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.