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Speech Communication at Sacred Heart University

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

Sacred Heart University sits in Fairfield, CT.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 35 speech communication degrees were awarded at Sacred Heart University.

Online Class Availability at Sacred Heart University

Online coursework is an option at Sacred Heart University. Among 11,022 students, 1,311 (12%) studied exclusively online and 3,753 (34%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Speech Communication graduates at Sacred Heart University, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Speech Communication graduates at Sacred Heart University are 57% women (20) and 43% men (15).

Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program at Sacred Heart University

Of the 35 bachelor’s speech communication graduates at Sacred Heart University, 57% were women (20) and 43% were men (15).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	30
Hispanic / Latino	4
Black / African American	1

Minority students account for 14% of Speech Communication bachelor’s degree recipients at Sacred Heart University, lower than the national average of 36%.*

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

Highest-Paying Careers for Speech Communication Graduates

Students who finish Speech Communication program at Sacred Heart University go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the top-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.