General Communication Sciences & Disorders at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 34 communication science majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Rio Grande Valley.

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.

UT Rio Grande Valley General Communication Sciences & Disorders Degrees Available

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

UT Rio Grande Valley General Communication Sciences & Disorders Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication science progam at UT Rio Grande Valley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication science major at UT Rio Grande Valley 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	14
Best Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Degree Schools	30
	34
Most Popular Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	38
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Degree Schools	47
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	86
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
	103

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in communication science from UT Rio Grande Valley. This makes it the #31 most popular school for communication science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communication Science Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication science majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley General Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Program

Of the 34 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Communication Sciences & Disorders from UT Rio Grande Valley in 2020-2021, 3% were men and 97% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 65% 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 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a bachelor's in communication science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Rio Grande Valley General Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Program

Of the 27 communication science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Rio Grande Valley, about 4% were men and 96% were women.

In the communication science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 93% of degree recipients. That is 60% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with a master's in communication science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Rio Grande Valley 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Speech-Language Pathologists	14,330	$75,800
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Audiologists	770	$77,680

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.