Communication Sciences at Portland State University

What traits are you looking for in a communication sciences school? To help you decide if Portland State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communication sciences program.

Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 23,640 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 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.

Portland State University Communication Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences

Portland State University Communication Sciences Rankings

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at Portland State University

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

Portland State University Communication Sciences Master’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a master's degree in Communication Sciences from Portland State University in 2020-2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

Of the students who received a communication sciences master's degree from Portland State University, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the communication sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 28% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	26
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Public Health

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 OR, the home state for Portland State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$145,380
Speech-Language Pathologists	1,490	$87,610
Audiologists	180	$93,790

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.