Speech Communication at West Virginia University

If you plan to study speech communication, take a look at what West Virginia University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 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.

WVU Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

WVU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at WVU 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in speech communication, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Speech Communication Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% 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 WVU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	44
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WVU Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from WVU, 70% 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 West Virginia University with a master's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	1
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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Communications Professors	330	$51,150
Public Relations Specialists	310	$62,310
Radio and Television Announcers	200	$28,210
Writers and Authors	130	$64,480
Public Address System Announcers	30	$37,780

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.