Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Speech Communication at Western Illinois University

Speech Communication at Western Illinois University

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 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.

WIU Speech Communication Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

Online Classes Are Available at WIU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WIU offers distance education options for speech communication at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

WIU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at WIU 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 WIU

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

WIU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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 WIU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

undefined

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at WIU 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 Illinois University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 28
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists 7,360 $66,220
Writers and Authors 1,880 $68,710
Communications Professors 1,810 $78,810
Radio and Television Announcers 920 $52,020
Public Address System Announcers 410 $29,430

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.