Speech Communication at University of Nevada - Reno

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 - Reno stacks up to those at other schools.

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 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.

UNR Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

UNR Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at UNR 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 UNR

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

UNR Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% 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 UNR since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at UNR 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 Nevada - Reno with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	34
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UNR Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the speech communication master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.