Speech Communication at University of Northern Iowa

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

UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and has a total student population of 9,507.

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.

UNI Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

UNI Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at UNI 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 UNI

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

UNI Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% 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 UNI since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at UNI 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 Northern Iowa with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNI Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from UNI, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 IA, the home state for University of Northern Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists	1,820	$56,880
Radio and Television Announcers	530	$34,870
Communications Professors	480	$88,340
Writers and Authors	470	$50,680

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 Feddacheenee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.