Communication Sciences at Lehman College

If you are interested in studying communication sciences, you may want to check out the program at Lehman College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Lehman is located in Bronx, New York and has a total student population of 15,091. In 2021, 121 communication sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Lehman.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Lehman Communication Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences

Lehman Communication Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication sciences progam at Lehman compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication sciences major at Lehman is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Communication Sciences Schools	17
	17
	20
Most Focused Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Popular Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools	23
Most Focused Communication Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools	23
	28
Best Value Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Communication Sciences Schools	51
Most Popular Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	63
Best Value Communication Sciences Schools	85
Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
Best Value Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	155
Best Communication Sciences Schools	185

In 2021, 38 students received their master’s degree in communication sciences from Lehman. This makes it the #63 most popular school for communication sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Lehman Communication Sciences Graduates

The median salary of communication sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lehman is $30,172. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 24% higher than the national average of $24,407 for all communication sciences bachelor's degree recipients.

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at Lehman

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication sciences majors at Lehman College.

Lehman Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 121 communication sciences majors earned their bachelor's degree from Lehman. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 87% were women. The typical communication sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at Lehman since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 66% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lehman College with a bachelor's in communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	88
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Lehman Communication Sciences Master’s Program

Of the 38 communication sciences students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Lehman, about 16% were men and 84% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 5% men graduate in communication sciences each year. Lehman does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the communication sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lehman College with a master's in communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lehman also has a doctoral program available in communication sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Communication Sciences

If you plan to be a communication sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Lehman College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Pathology & Audiology	121
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	38

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Public Health
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Nursing

Careers That Communication Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Lehman College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Speech-Language Pathologists	12,750	$90,820
Audiologists	1,010	$83,390

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.