Speech Communication at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette stacks up to those at other schools.

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and has a total student population of 16,450.

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.

UL Lafayette Speech Communication Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Speech Communication

UL Lafayette Speech Communication Rankings

Speech Communication Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

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

UL Lafayette Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from UL Lafayette, 58% 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 Louisiana at Lafayette with a master's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• 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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$53,390
Radio and Television Announcers	320	$30,040
Writers and Authors	260	$44,710
Communications Professors	130	$65,150
Public Address System Announcers	120	$28,800

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.