General Communication Sciences & Disorders at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

If you are interested in studying general communication sciences and disorders, you may want to check out the program at University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149. Of the 582 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus in 2021, 58 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.

UW Seattle General Communication Sciences & Disorders Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle General Communication Sciences & Disorders Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication science major at UW Seattle 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 Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
	46
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Degree Schools	63
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	119

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in communication science from UW Seattle. This is the #64 most popular school for communication science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communication Science Student Demographics at UW Seattle

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communication science majors at University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

UW Seattle General Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Program

The communication science program at UW Seattle awarded 58 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 7% of these degrees went to men with the other 93% going to women. The typical communication science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communication science at UW Seattle are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 University of Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in communication science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	33
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UW Seattle also has a doctoral program available in communication science. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Audiology/Audiologist
• 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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Speech-Language Pathologists	3,250	$73,220
Audiologists	340	$86,670

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.