General Communication Sciences & Disorders at University of Rhode Island

What traits are you looking for in a communication science school? To help you decide if University of Rhode Island is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communication science program.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 17,649. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 65 students received a bachelor's degree in communication science from URI.

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.

URI General Communication Sciences & Disorders Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Science

URI General Communication Sciences & Disorders Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication science progam at URI 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 science major at URI 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
Most Popular Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	31
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	65
	85
Best Value Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	107
Best Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	120
Best Value Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	123

Communication Science Student Demographics at URI

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

URI General Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of communication science bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication science at URI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	53
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Speech-Language Pathologists	450	$80,450

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.