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Speech Communication at Furman University

Speech Communication at Furman University

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

Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and approximately 2,567 students attend the school each year.

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.

Furman Speech Communication Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

Furman Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at Furman 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 Furman

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

Furman Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at Furman 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 Furman University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 40
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 SC, the home state for Furman University.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
Public Relations Specialists 2,070 $54,860
Radio and Television Announcers 220 $49,430
Communications Professors 160 $65,620
Public Address System Announcers 40 $30,250

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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