General Communication Sciences & Disorders at Jackson State University

If you plan to study general communication sciences and disorders, take a look at what Jackson State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Jackson State is located in Jackson, Mississippi and approximately 6,921 students attend the school each year. Of the 58 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Jackson State University in 2021, 18 of them were general communication sciences and disorders majors.

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

Jackson State General Communication Sciences & Disorders Degrees Available

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

Jackson State General Communication Sciences & Disorders Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication science programs across the country. The following shows how Jackson State performed in these rankings.

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 science major at Jackson State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Communication Sciences & Disorders. 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
Best Value Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Degree Schools	24
Best Value Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Best Value Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	40
	52
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Most Popular Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Degree Schools	61
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Degree Schools	61
Best Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Degree Schools	62
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	66
Most Popular Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93
Most Popular Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	101
	112
Best Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
	126
Best Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	128

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in communication science from Jackson State. This makes it the #62 most popular school for communication science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communication Science Student Demographics at Jackson State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication science majors at Jackson State University.

Jackson State General Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Communication Sciences & Disorders from Jackson State in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women. The typical communication science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at Jackson State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 62% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Jackson State University with a bachelor's in communication science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Jackson State General Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Program

Of the 2 communication science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Jackson State, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the communication science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Jackson State University with a master's in communication science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

Careers That Communication Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Jackson State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Speech-Language Pathologists	1,650	$64,560
Audiologists	110	$60,960

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 Comingdeer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.