Speech Communication at Northern Kentucky 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 Northern Kentucky University stacks up to those at other schools.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211.

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.

NKU Speech Communication Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication
• Master’s Degree in Speech Communication

NKU Speech Communication Rankings

Speech Communication Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Speech Communication Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in speech communication each year. NKU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from NKU, 100% 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 Northern Kentucky University with a master's in speech communication.

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

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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Public Relations Specialists	2,200	$50,580
Radio and Television Announcers	540	$39,180
Communications Professors	420	$68,530
Writers and Authors	280	$54,320

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.