Speech Communication at Pacific Lutheran University

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a speech communication school? To help you decide if Pacific Lutheran University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's speech communication program.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 2,907.

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.

PLU Speech Communication Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

PLU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at PLU 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 PLU

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

PLU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

61% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 PLU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists	5,770	$72,510
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Communications Professors	600	$60,370

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
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