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Speech Communication at University of Rhode Island

Speech Communication at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year.

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.

URI Speech Communication Degrees Available

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

URI Speech Communication Rankings

Speech Communication Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Speech Communication Master’s Program

89% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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Of the students who received a speech communication master's degree from URI, 78% 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 University of Rhode Island with a master's in speech communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
Public Relations Specialists 1,150 $67,480
Writers and Authors 180 $63,820
Communications Professors 120 $80,330

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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