Speech Communication at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 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.

UK Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

UK Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at UK 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in speech communication, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Speech Communication Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% 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 UK since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at UK 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 Kentucky with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	139
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UK Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from UK, 86% 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 Kentucky with a master's in speech communication.

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

Related Majors

• Other 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Public Relations Specialists	2,200	$50,580
Radio and Television Announcers	540	$39,180
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Writers and Authors	280	$54,320

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.