Speech Communication at Sam Houston State University

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

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and approximately 21,912 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.

SHSU Speech Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication
• Master’s Degree in Speech Communication

Online Classes Are Available at SHSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

SHSU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at SHSU 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 SHSU

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

SHSU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% 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 SHSU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at SHSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Sam Houston State University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	43
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SHSU Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the speech communication master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Sam Houston State University with a master's in speech communication.

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies

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 TX, the home state for Sam Houston State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Public Relations Specialists	28,360	$60,600
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Radio and Television Announcers	2,320	$50,530
Writers and Authors	2,110	$56,680

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 Bigguill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.