The main focus area for this major is General Communication Sciences & Disorders. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Communication Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Minnesota State University - Mankato. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in communication sciences, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Minnesota State Mankato was $663 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $313 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $7,504 | $15,922 |
Fees | $1,062 | $1,062 |
Books and Supplies | $1,042 | $1,042 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,078 | $10,078 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,978 | $1,978 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Communication Sciences students who received their bachelor’s degree at Minnesota State Mankato took out an average of $22,500 in student loans. That is 9% higher than the national average of $20,593.
Online degrees for the Minnesota State Mankato communication sciences bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Minnesota State Mankato Online Learning page.
About 96.0% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in communication sciences in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 95.4%.
Of those students who received a bachelor’s degree at Minnesota State Mankato in communication sciences at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 24 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Communication Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Communication Sciences & Disorders | 25 |
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*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.