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Basic Certificate in Speech Communication

Basic Certificates in Speech Communication

542 Yearly Graduations
56% Women
69% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 69% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.9% of speech communication graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Speech Communication Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 542 people earned their basic certificate in speech communication. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in speech communication at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 25,870
Associate Degree 4,125
Master’s Degree 2,257
Basic Certificate 542
Doctor’s Degree 314
Graduate Certificate 167
Undergraduate Certificate 24

Earnings of Speech Communication Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for speech communication majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for speech communication students who are basic certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in speech communication. About 56.3% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 237
Women 305
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The racial-ethnic distribution of speech communication basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 39
Black or African American 27
Hispanic or Latino 273
White 137
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 61
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to speech communication that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Communication & Media 441
Communications 400
Communication & Media Studies 145

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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