Speech Communication at The University of Texas at Austin

Every speech communication school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the speech communication program at The University of Texas at Austin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 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.

UT Austin Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at UT Austin 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in speech communication, making the school the #23 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Speech Communication Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the speech communication majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at UT Austin are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	116
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UT Austin Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from UT Austin, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in speech communication.

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

Related Majors

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 The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.