Speech Communication at Westfield State University

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Westfield is located in Westfield, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,395.

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.

Westfield Speech Communication Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication

Westfield Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at Westfield 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 Westfield

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

Westfield Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

59% Women

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 Westfield since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at Westfield 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 Westfield State University with a bachelor's in speech communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
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 MA, the home state for Westfield State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Public Relations Specialists	7,040	$68,610
Writers and Authors	1,490	$70,000
Communications Professors	530	$79,930
Radio and Television Announcers	490	$66,730
Public Address System Announcers	130	$46,510

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
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