by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 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, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UL Lafayette paid an average of $1,326 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $563 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,511 | $19,238 |
| Fees | $4,627 | $4,627 |
The median early career salary of communication sciences students who receive their master’s degree from UL Lafayette is $53,608 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $54,322.
UL Lafayette 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 UL Lafayette Online Learning page.
Women made up around 97.0% 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%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in communication sciences at UL Lafayette in 2019-2020, 6.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 31 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Speech Pathology & Audiology | 33 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to communication sciences.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 28 |
| Nursing | 30 |
*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.