Speech Communication at Western Carolina University

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and has a total student population of 12,243.

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.

WCU Speech Communication Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

WCU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at WCU 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 WCU

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

WCU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

52% Women

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 WCU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at WCU 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Public Relations Specialists	4,750	$64,450
Communications Professors	1,000	$65,770
Writers and Authors	950	$67,250
Radio and Television Announcers	820	$50,600
Public Address System Announcers	160	$33,620

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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