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Communication Sciences at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you plan to study communication sciences, take a look at what University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and approximately 30,092 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UNC Chapel Hill Communication Sciences Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences
  • Doctorate Degree in Communication Sciences

UNC Chapel Hill Communication Sciences Rankings

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in communication sciences, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

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

UNC Chapel Hill Communication Sciences Master’s Program

96% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students graduated with a master's degree in communication sciences from UNC Chapel Hill. About 4% were men and 96% were women.

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Of the students who received a communication sciences master's degree from UNC Chapel Hill, 63% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communication sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 17
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Communication Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication sciences 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
Health Specialties Professors 10,090 $134,300
Speech-Language Pathologists 4,430 $75,310
Audiologists 400 $69,510

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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