The main focus area for this major is Speech Pathology & Audiology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Communication Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Adelphi University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in communication sciences, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time undergraduates at Adelphi paid an average of $1,210 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $39,820 | $39,820 |
Fees | $1,615 | $1,615 |
Books and Supplies | $1,020 | $1,020 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,900 | $16,900 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,250 | $4,250 |
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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 Adelphi took out an average of $25,000 in student loans. That is 21% higher than the national average of $20,593.
The median early career salary of communication sciences students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Adelphi is $18,771 per year. That is 28% lower than the national average of $26,249.
Online degrees for the Adelphi 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 Adelphi Online Learning page.
About 96.6% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in communication sciences in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 95.4%.
Around 20.7% of communication sciences bachelor’s degree recipients at Adelphi in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 22 |
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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Speech Pathology & Audiology | 29 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 436 |
*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.
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