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Speech Communication at Purdue University - Main Campus

Speech Communication at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655.

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.

Purdue Speech Communication Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Speech Communication

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Purdue does offer online courses in speech communication for the following degree levels:

Purdue Speech Communication Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in speech communication, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Speech Communication Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the speech communication majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Speech Communication Master’s Program

75% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from Purdue, 60% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in speech communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 112
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Public Relations Specialists 3,850 $53,870
Radio and Television Announcers 510 $43,160
Writers and Authors 420 $61,920

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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