The main focus area for this major is Speech Pathology & Audiology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Communication Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Idaho State University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in communication sciences, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at ISU was ranked #277 on College Factual's Best Schools for communication sciences list. It is also ranked #1 in Idaho.
Here are some of the other rankings for ISU.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at ISU paid an average of $672 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $402 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $5,928 | $22,550 |
Fees | $1,944 | $1,944 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $7,214 | $7,214 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,930 | $5,930 |
Learn more about ISU tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Communication Sciences students who received their bachelor’s degree at ISU took out an average of $22,500 in student loans. That is 9% higher than the national average of $20,593.
The median early career salary of communication sciences students who receive their bachelor’s degree from ISU is $24,730 per year. That is 6% lower than the national average of $26,249.
Online degrees for the ISU communication sciences bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the ISU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 89.3% of the communication sciences students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 95.4%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in communication sciences at ISU in 2019-2020, 10.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 25 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Communication Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Speech Pathology & Audiology | 28 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
Health Sciences & Services | 72 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 12 |
Allied Health Professions | 20 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 40 |
Public Health | 10 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.