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Speech Communication at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Speech Communication at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

What traits are you looking for in a speech communication school? To help you decide if University of North Carolina at Wilmington is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's speech communication program.

UNCW is located in Wilmington, North Carolina and approximately 17,915 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.

UNCW Speech Communication Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

UNCW Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at UNCW 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 UNCW

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

UNCW Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at UNCW 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 North Carolina at Wilmington with a bachelor's in speech communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 141
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

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 Wilmington.

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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