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 University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in communication sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UW - Eau Claire was ranked #58 on College Factual's Best Schools for communication sciences list. It is also ranked #3 in Wisconsin.
Here are some of the other rankings for UW - Eau Claire.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UW - Eau Claire paid an average of $652 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $307 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,361 | $15,636 |
Fees | $1,509 | $1,509 |
Books and Supplies | $400 | $400 |
On Campus Room and Board | $8,475 | $8,475 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,366 | $3,366 |
Learn more about UW - Eau Claire tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UW - Eau Claire in Communication Sciences walked away with an average of $19,500 in student debt. That is 5% lower than the national average of $20,593.
communication sciences who receive their bachelor’s degree from UW - Eau Claire make an average of $25,967 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $26,249.
Online degrees for the UW - Eau Claire 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 UW - Eau Claire Online Learning page.
About 93.8% 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%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 7.4% of the communication sciences bachelor’s degrees at UW - Eau Claire in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 75 |
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 | 81 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 59 |
Allied Health Professions | 12 |
Public Health | 10 |
Nursing | 149 |
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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.