James Madison University BA in Speech Communication

451 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

Speech Communication is a concentration offered under the communication and media studies major at James Madison University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in speech communication, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Undergraduate Cost
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How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Speech Communication from JMU Cost?

$12,330 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

JMU Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at JMU was $804 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $241 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,250	$23,564
Fees	$5,080	$5,666
Books and Supplies	$1,082	$1,082
On Campus Room and Board	$11,348	$11,348
On Campus Other Expenses	$4,020	$4,020

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Does JMU Offer an Online BA in Speech Communication?

JMU does not offer an online option for its speech communication bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the JMU Online Learning page.

JMU Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Speech Communication

451 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

70.5% Women

21.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 451 bachelor’s degrees in speech communication handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 70.5% of the students who received their BA in speech communication in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 64.1%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 21.5% of the speech communication bachelor’s degrees at JMU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	30
Native American or Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	2
White	336
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

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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.