Communication Sciences at Southern Connecticut State University

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

SCSU is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 9,331 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

SCSU Communication Sciences Degrees Available

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

SCSU Communication Sciences Rankings

The communication sciences major at SCSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication Sciences. 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.

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at SCSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication sciences majors at Southern Connecticut State University.

SCSU Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of communication sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women. The typical communication sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at SCSU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication sciences at SCSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SCSU Communication Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of communication sciences master's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

Of the students who received a communication sciences master's degree from SCSU, 85% 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 Southern Connecticut State University with a master's in communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	64
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Communication Sciences

Communication Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Pathology & Audiology	91

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Health Sciences & Services
• Public Health

Careers That Communication Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for Southern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Speech-Language Pathologists	1,870	$92,280
Audiologists	120	$80,190

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 Southern Connecticut State University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.