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Speech Communication at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Speech Communication at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you are interested in studying speech communication, you may want to check out the program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,092.

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.

UNC Chapel Hill Speech Communication Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

Online Classes Are Available at UNC Chapel Hill

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNC Chapel Hill offers distance education options for speech communication at the following degree levels:

UNC Chapel Hill Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at UNC Chapel Hill 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in speech communication, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Speech Communication Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the speech communication majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at UNC Chapel Hill are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in speech communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 28
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 97
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 27

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists 4,750 $64,450
Communications Professors 1,000 $65,770
Writers and Authors 950 $67,250
Radio and Television Announcers 820 $50,600
Public Address System Announcers 160 $33,620

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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