General Communication Sciences & Disorders at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 students attend the school each year.

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

USD General Communication Sciences & Disorders Degrees Available

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

USD General Communication Sciences & Disorders Rankings

The communication science major at USD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Communication Sciences & Disorders. 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.

Communication Science Student Demographics at USD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication science majors at University of South Dakota.

USD General Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of communication science bachelor's degrees went to men and 91% went to women. The typical communication science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication science at USD 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 South Dakota with a bachelor's in communication science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USD General Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of communication science master's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

Of the students who received a communication science master's degree from USD, 88% 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 South Dakota with a master's in communication science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Audiology/Audiologist

Careers That Communication Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Speech-Language Pathologists	370	$58,860
Health Specialties Professors	160	$95,150

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.