Communication Sciences at Nevada State College

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

NSC is located in Henderson, Nevada and approximately 7,289 students attend the school each year. Of the 778 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Nevada State College in 2021, 21 of them were communication sciences majors.

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.

NSC Communication Sciences Degrees Available

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

NSC Communication Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication sciences progam at NSC 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 NSC 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
	2
	2
Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
	5
Best Value Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Best Communication Sciences Schools	15
Best Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	20
Best Value Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	28
Best Value Communication Sciences Schools	29
Most Focused Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Communication Sciences Schools	95
Most Popular Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	189
Most Focused Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	250
Most Popular Communication Sciences Schools	275
Most Popular Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	275

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in communication sciences from NSC. This makes it the #276 most popular school for communication sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communication Sciences Graduates from NSC Make?

The median salary of communication sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at NSC is $45,525. This is 87% higher than $24,407, which is the national average for all communication sciences bachelor's degree recipients.

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at NSC

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

NSC Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a bachelor's degree in communication sciences from NSC. About 90% of these graduates were women and the other 10% were men. The typical communication sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at NSC since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication sciences at NSC are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NSC Communication Sciences Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a master's degree in communication sciences from NSC. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the communication sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 73% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services
• Nursing

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 NV, the home state for Nevada State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Health Specialties Professors	1,190	$95,720
Speech-Language Pathologists	1,020	$77,620

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.