Speech Communication at Western Oregon University

Every speech communication school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the speech communication program at Western Oregon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Western Oregon State College is located in Monmouth, Oregon and approximately 4,554 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.

Western Oregon State College Speech Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

Western Oregon State College Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at Western Oregon State College 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 Western Oregon State College

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

Western Oregon State College Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% 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 Western Oregon State College since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its speech communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Oregon University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 OR, the home state for Western Oregon University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Public Relations Specialists	3,210	$66,800
Writers and Authors	700	$69,050
Communications Professors	390	$80,700
Radio and Television Announcers	290	$52,790
Public Address System Announcers	180	$32,360

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 Andrew Parodi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.