Speech Communication at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 71,881.

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.

UCF Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

UCF Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at UCF 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 UCF

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

UCF Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	92
White	125
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UCF Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

In the speech communication master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 25% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Writers and Authors	1,830	$53,140
Radio and Television Announcers	1,350	$56,960
Communications Professors	1,320	$77,290
Public Address System Announcers	400	$36,370

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.