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Communication Sciences at James Madison University

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Communication Sciences at James Madison University

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

JMU is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and approximately 21,594 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received their master's degree in communication sciences.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

JMU Communication Sciences Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences
  • Doctorate Degree in Communication Sciences

JMU Communication Sciences Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in communication sciences, making the school the #55 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at JMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication sciences majors at James Madison University.

JMU Communication Sciences Master’s Program

100% Women
4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The communication sciences program at JMU awarded 25 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

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Of the students who received a communication sciences master's degree from JMU, 96% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from James Madison University with a master's in communication sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 24
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Communication Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for James Madison University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Speech-Language Pathologists 3,160 $86,090
Audiologists 510 $79,880

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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