by our College Data Analytics TeamCommunication Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Old Dominion University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in communication sciences, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at Old Dominion paid an average of $1,383 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $547 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,207 | $29,851 |
| Fees | $3,017 | $3,437 |
The median early career salary of communication sciences students who receive their master’s degree from Old Dominion is $53,219 per year. That is 2% lower than the national average of $54,322.
Online degrees for the Old Dominion communication sciences master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Old Dominion Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in communication sciences in 2019-2020, 96.8% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 96.1%.
Around 29.0% of communication sciences master’s degree recipients at Old Dominion in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 21 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Communication Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 10 |
| Speech Pathology & Audiology | 21 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to communication sciences.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dental Support Services | 8 |
| Allied Health Professions | 9 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 10 |
| Public Health | 16 |
| Nursing | 60 |
*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.