Speech Communication at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 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.

UW Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

UW Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at UW 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 UW

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

UW Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 UW since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UW 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 UW, 75% 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 Wyoming with a master's in speech communication.

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

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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation	Jobs in WY	Average Salary in WY
Public Relations Specialists	410	$58,430
Radio and Television Announcers	80	$37,590
Communications Professors	40	$66,780

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 ProgWork1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.