Northwestern University BA in Speech Communication

101 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

Speech Communication is a concentration offered under the communication and media studies major at Northwestern 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, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Undergraduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
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How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Speech Communication from Northwestern Cost?

$58,701 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

Northwestern Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Northwestern paid an average of $6,901 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$58,227	$58,227
Fees	$474	$474
Books and Supplies	$1,662	$1,662
On Campus Room and Board	$17,616	$17,616
On Campus Other Expenses	$3,304	$3,304

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Does Northwestern Offer an Online BA in Speech Communication?

Online degrees for the Northwestern speech communication bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northwestern Online Learning page.

Northwestern Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Speech Communication

101 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

64.4% Women

31.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 101 students received their bachelor’s degree in speech communication. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 64.4% of the students who received their BA in speech communication in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 64.1%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 31.7% of the speech communication bachelor’s degrees at Northwestern in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	13
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	50
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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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.

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