Speech Communication at Northern Illinois University

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

NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and has a total student population of 16,769.

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.

NIU Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

NIU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at NIU 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 NIU

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

NIU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical speech communication bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at NIU since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at NIU 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 Northern Illinois University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NIU Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from NIU, 75% 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 Illinois University with a master's in speech communication.

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

Related Majors

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 IL, the home state for Northern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Radio and Television Announcers	920	$52,020
Public Address System Announcers	410	$29,430

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 Andy McMurray under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.