Speech Communication at University of Arkansas

If you are interested in studying speech communication, you may want to check out the program at University of Arkansas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 27,562.

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.

UARK Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

UARK Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at UARK 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 UARK

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

UARK Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% 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 UARK since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at UARK 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 University of Arkansas with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	157
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UARK Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from UARK, 93% 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 University of Arkansas with a master's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Public Relations Specialists	1,110	$60,470
Radio and Television Announcers	330	$33,140
Communications Professors	250	$65,060
Writers and Authors	120	$48,670

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.