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Speech Communication at Northwest Missouri State University

If you plan to study Speech Communication, take a look at what Northwest Missouri State University. Get started with the following essential facts.

Northwest Missouri State University sits in Maryville, MO.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 14 speech communication degrees were granted at Northwest Missouri State University.

Studying Online at Northwest Missouri State University

Distance learning is available at Northwest Missouri State University. Among 9,152 students, 3,288 (36%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 1,472 (16%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of Speech Communication graduates at Northwest Missouri State University, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Speech Communication graduates at Northwest Missouri State University are 79% women (11) and 21% men (3).

Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program at Northwest Missouri State University

Among the 14 bachelor’s speech communication degrees awarded at Northwest Missouri State University, 79% were women (11) and 21% were men (3).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Speech Communication bachelor’s degree recipients at Northwest Missouri State University.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	13
Black / African American	1

Minority students account for 7% of Speech Communication bachelor’s degree recipients at Northwest Missouri State University, below the national average of 36%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for Speech Communication Graduates

Graduates of the Speech Communication program at Northwest Missouri State University work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Speech Communication graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Public Relations Managers	$139,736
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$108,419
Public Relations Specialists	$103,749
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	$96,169
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$70,619
Media and Communication Workers, All Other	$69,171
Writers and Authors	$63,195

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.