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Speech Communication at Western Washington University

Speech Communication at Western Washington University

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

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and has a total student population of 15,197.

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.

WWU Speech Communication Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

WWU Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at WWU 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 WWU

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

WWU Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

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About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at WWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 57
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

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 WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists 5,770 $72,510
Writers and Authors 1,400 $65,200
Communications Professors 600 $60,370

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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