Speech Communication at Northern Arizona University

Every speech communication school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the speech communication program at Northern Arizona University stacks up to those at other schools.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 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.

NAU Speech Communication Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Speech Communication (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication
• Master’s Degree in Speech Communication

NAU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at NAU 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 NAU

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

NAU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at NAU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its speech communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

NAU Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from NAU, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Communications

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Public Relations Specialists	3,080	$62,500
Radio and Television Announcers	520	$48,360
Writers and Authors	360	$55,410
Public Address System Announcers	140	$33,690

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.