by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Communication Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Emerson College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in communication sciences, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Emerson paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $31,104 | $31,104 |
| Fees | $650 | $650 |
communication sciences who receive their master’s degree from Emerson make an average of $59,688 a year during the early days of their career. That is 10% higher than the national average of $54,322.
Emerson does not offer an online option for its communication sciences master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Emerson Online Learning page.
Women made up around 95.3% of the communication sciences students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 96.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 16.3% of the communication sciences master’s degrees at Emerson in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 32 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
Communication Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 43 |
*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.