Speech Communication at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 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.

URI Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

URI Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at URI 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 URI

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

URI Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% 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 URI since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	163
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

URI Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from URI, 78% 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 Rhode Island with a master's in speech communication.

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

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Public Relations Specialists	1,150	$67,480
Writers and Authors	180	$63,820
Communications Professors	120	$80,330

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.