Speech Communication at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

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 Northwestern State University of Louisiana stacks up to those at other schools.

NSU is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana and approximately 11,447 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.

NSU Speech Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

NSU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at NSU 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 NSU

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

NSU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% 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 NSU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at NSU 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 Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 LA, the home state for Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$53,390
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$30,040
Writers and Authors	260	$44,710
Communications Professors	130	$65,150
Public Address System Announcers	120	$28,800

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 Fitzed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.