Speech Communication at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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 Nevada - Las Vegas stacks up to those at other schools.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 31,142.

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.

UNLV Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

UNLV Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at UNLV 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 UNLV

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

UNLV Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% 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 UNLV since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	32
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UNLV Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Public Relations Specialists	1,350	$62,550
Writers and Authors	310	$53,730
Radio and Television Announcers	220	$42,360
Communications Professors	170	$59,780

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 Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.