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CIP PROGRAM: 09.0101
Speech Communication and Rhetoric.

Summary: A program that focuses on the scientific, humanistic, and critical study of human communication in a variety of formats, media, and contexts. Includes instruction in the theory and practice of interpersonal, group, organizational, professional, and intercultural communication; speaking and listening; verbal and nonverbal interaction; rhetorical theory and criticism; performance studies; argumentation and persuasion; technologically mediated communication; popular culture; and various contextual applications.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 5586 32961 1985
2021 5796 32752 2361
2022 5705 32204 2348
2023 4700 29228 2256
2024 4125 25870 2257
Change -15.86% -11.33% +13.65%

Related CIPs

09 COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
09.01 Communication and Media Studies.
09.0100 Communication, General.
09.0101 Speech Communication and Rhetoric.
09.0102 Mass Communication/Media Studies.
09.0199 Communication and Media Studies, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Speech Communication and Rhetoric.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Abilene Christian University38 +27.78%
Alabama State University26 -39.58%
Albertus Magnus College7 +10.00%
Albright College5 -41.67%
Alfred University10 -
Alverno College3 -
American Public University System24 -
American University of Puerto Rico1 -75.00%
Ana G. Mendez University1 -
Appalachian State University52 +36.07%
Aquinas College7 -23.53%
Arcadia University14 +166.67%
Arizona State University Campus Immersion346 +30.61%
Arizona State University Digital Immersion290 +31.06%
Arkansas Tech University12 -25.93%
Ashford University31 +39.22%
Auburn University at Montgomery11 -50.00%
Augsburg University18 -32.35%
Augusta University19 -26.67%
Augustana College39 -24.44%
Augustana University2 +60.00%
Aurora University25 -37.50%
Avila University10 -26.32%
Azusa Pacific University15 -75.36%
Baker University2 +200.00%
Baldwin Wallace University9 -
Ball State University42 -24.69%
Baylor University24 -31.82%
Bellarmine University43 -8.70%
Belmont University13 -22.22%
Bemidji State University4 -
Benedictine University16 -46.15%
Bethany College10 -75.00%
Bethel University3 -40.00%
Bethune-Cookman University8 -50.00%
Biola University26 -61.90%
Blue Mountain Christian University1 -
Bluffton University2 -50.00%
Boise State University119 -38.33%
Boston College153 -13.57%
Bridgewater State University135 -13.82%
Bryan College-Dayton2 -23.08%
Buena Vista University4 -
CUNY Brooklyn College37 -12.28%
CUNY Graduate School and University Center44 +28.95%
Cabrini University10 -61.76%
Caldwell University7 -11.11%
California Baptist University26 +56.52%
California Lutheran University43 -27.78%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo71 +48.08%
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt33 -47.62%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona177 +50.00%
California State University-Bakersfield102 +29.87%
California State University-Channel Islands71 -37.20%
California State University-Chico94 -
California State University-Dominguez Hills4 -91.49%
California State University-East Bay92 +39.05%
California State University-Fresno68 -8.74%
California State University-Fullerton647 -25.69%
California State University-Long Beach332 -16.09%
California State University-Los Angeles188 +16.50%
California State University-Northridge235 -0.85%
California State University-Sacramento400 -12.16%
California State University-San Bernardino164 -26.47%
California State University-San Marcos176 -14.36%
California State University-Stanislaus58 -26.58%
Calvin University10 -52.63%
Campbell University5 -
Capital University6 +25.00%
Carlow University1 -
Carroll College3 -
Carson-Newman University5 -52.17%
Carthage College14 -
Catawba College9 -57.14%
Cedarville University19 +107.69%
Central College10 -33.33%
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies2 +300.00%
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences5 +200.00%
Central Michigan University25 -34.15%
Central Penn College3 +175.00%
Chadron State College3 +14.29%
Chaminade University of Honolulu7 -11.11%
Champlain College11 -12.50%
Chapman University96 +40.58%
Christopher Newport University81 -13.59%
Clayton State University21 -12.50%
Cleveland State University45 -30.77%
Coastal Carolina University89 -18.29%
Coe College4 -30.00%
Coker University4 +133.33%
College of Charleston153 +13.25%
College of Saint Benedict31 -6.06%
College of the Ozarks1 -
Colorado Christian University17 -34.09%
Colorado State University-Fort Collins136 -14.81%
Columbia College2 +66.67%
Concordia University Texas11 -43.75%
Concordia University-Chicago5 -60.00%
Concordia University-Nebraska1 -100.00%
Cornerstone University5 -27.27%
Creighton University11 -25.00%
Dallas Baptist University26 +50.00%
DePaul University29 -43.90%
DePauw University44 -
DeVry University-California1 -100.00%
DeVry University-Florida1 -80.00%
DeVry University-Illinois12 -35.29%
Defiance College1 -100.00%
Dickinson State University4 -25.00%
Dominican University2 -66.67%
Dordt University2 -83.33%
Duquesne University13 -37.50%
East Carolina University249 -17.33%
East Central University3 -62.50%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania37 -21.28%
East Texas Baptist University2 -
Eastern Kentucky University19 +95.24%
Eastern Michigan University90 -24.31%
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus8 -44.44%
Eastern Oregon University17 -20.00%
Eastern University3 -38.46%
Eastern Washington University65 -24.00%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach2 +20.00%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide3 +500.00%
Emerson College24 -2.63%
Emmanuel College33 +12.12%
Emporia State University20 +16.67%
Fairfield University72 -35.79%
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus21 -34.09%
Farmingdale State College62 -
Fayetteville State University14 +47.37%
Felician University6 +150.00%
Fitchburg State University12 -11.11%
Five Towns College10 -
Florida Atlantic University173 +28.48%
Florida Gulf Coast University143 -39.06%
Florida International University259 -11.69%
Fontbonne University3 +33.33%
Fordham University6 -72.31%
Fort Hays State University7 -78.95%
Freed-Hardeman University2 +300.00%
Fresno Pacific University4 -
Furman University47 +1.54%
Gallaudet University16 +30.77%
George Fox University5 -
George Mason University139 -
Georgia State University56 -21.18%
Gonzaga University29 +16.13%
Gordon College24 -30.77%
Goshen College1 -
Goucher College11 -27.27%
Governors State University18 -31.25%
Graceland University-Lamoni4 -57.14%
Grand Canyon University193 +6.08%
Grand Valley State University73 -37.38%
Grove City College24 -43.59%
Gustavus Adolphus College32 -7.69%
Hamline University13 -17.65%
Harding University2 -80.00%
Hillsdale College5 -
Hiram College7 +12.50%
Hofstra University3 -42.86%
Hollins University6 -
Hope College62 -
Houghton University15 +23.53%
Illinois State University100 -27.13%
Indiana Institute of Technology4 +500.00%
Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies1 -
Indiana State University26 -38.54%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus67 -13.48%
Indiana University-Bloomington1 -100.00%
Indiana University-East29 +36.67%
Indiana University-Indianapolis63 +4.92%
Indiana University-Kokomo9 -25.00%
Indiana University-Northwest9 -33.33%
Indiana University-South Bend18 +57.14%
Indiana University-Southeast30 +16.67%
Iowa State University70 -10.96%
Ithaca College7 -37.50%
James Madison University413 -3.86%
John Carroll University39 +5.26%
Judson University4 -25.00%
Kansas State University29 -12.82%
Kean University121 -25.15%
Keene State College16 -26.83%
Kentucky Wesleyan College4 -87.50%
Lake Forest College14 -11.76%
Lamar University60 -15.87%
Landmark College10 -
Lawrence Technological University5 -28.57%
Lee University20 +58.33%
Lewis & Clark College22 -8.33%
Lewis-Clark State College12 -30.77%
Liberty University25 +3.03%
Limestone University2 -20.00%
Lindsey Wilson College17 +4.55%
Linfield University3 -66.67%
Longwood University52 -
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College31 -27.42%
Louisiana State University-Alexandria13 +6.67%
Lourdes University2 -
Loyola Marymount University109 -20.38%
Loyola University Chicago46 -10.81%
Loyola University Maryland72 +2.06%
Luther College10 -5.88%
Madonna University2 -
Manchester University3 -50.00%
Manhattan College54 -
Manhattanville College29 -53.49%
Marian University10 +266.67%
Marietta College6 +100.00%
Mayville State University2 -66.67%
McDaniel College17 -48.15%
McKendree University4 +100.00%
Mercer University24 -3.33%
Mercyhurst University1 -85.71%
Meredith College1 +14.29%
Messiah University10 +33.33%
Methodist University2 -
Michigan State University193 -4.18%
Middle Tennessee State University41 -21.43%
Millersville University of Pennsylvania36 -55.36%
Millikin University12 -66.67%
Minnesota State University Moorhead17 +28.57%
Minnesota State University-Mankato46 -19.35%
Mississippi College18 -20.83%
Mississippi State University143 +3.77%
Mississippi University for Women4 -20.00%
Missouri Southern State University9 -29.17%
Missouri State University-Springfield84 -19.57%
Missouri Western State University10 +36.36%
Molloy College8 -45.45%
Monmouth College9 -37.50%
Monmouth University80 -6.60%
Montclair State University57 +13.04%
Mount Mary University5 +57.14%
Mount Mercy University3 -
Mount St. Mary's University17 -4.00%
Muskingum University2 -50.00%
Nebraska Wesleyan University11 -46.15%
Newman University1 -80.00%
Niagara University24 +20.00%
North Carolina A & T State University18 +100.00%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh197 +20.00%
North Carolina Wesleyan University2 +66.67%
North Central College6 -33.33%
North Greenville University7 -
North Park University6 +120.00%
Northeastern State University9 +11.11%
Northeastern University56 -28.70%
Northeastern University Professional Programs2 -100.00%
Northern Arizona University73 +45.10%
Northern Illinois University95 -40.63%
Northern Kentucky University52 -25.00%
Northern Michigan University11 -35.29%
Northwest Missouri State University27 -7.69%
Northwest Nazarene University1 -50.00%
Northwestern State University of Louisiana28 -11.54%
Northwestern University82 -6.25%
Notre Dame of Maryland University3 -
Nova Southeastern University25 +14.29%
Oakwood University6 +200.00%
Ohio Northern University6 -
Ohio State University-Main Campus478 +4.71%
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus2 -
Ohio University-Eastern Campus1 -
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus15 -
Ohio University-Main Campus145 -38.93%
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus3 -
Oklahoma Christian University6 +75.00%
Olivet Nazarene University4 -
Oregon State University34 -43.75%
Ottawa University-Kansas City3 -100.00%
Ottawa University-Online2 -
Ottawa University-Ottawa5 -16.67%
Ottawa University-Surprise9 +100.00%
Otterbein University13 +28.57%
Pace University15 -39.29%
Pacific Lutheran University23 -27.59%
Pacific Union College5 -50.00%
Palm Beach Atlantic University7 -40.00%
Park University2 -25.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus46 -21.69%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona9 -28.57%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver8 -40.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks11 +25.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine14 -25.71%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny2 -57.14%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg17 -33.33%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington4 -33.33%
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus8 +400.00%
Pennsylvania Western University11 -
Pepperdine University1 -87.50%
Pittsburg State University29 -11.36%
Plymouth State University22 -13.16%
Point Loma Nazarene University10 +85.71%
Portland State University74 -34.88%
Purdue University Fort Wayne35 -27.91%
Purdue University Northwest42 -30.49%
Radford University36 -35.00%
Regent University50 -25.32%
Regis University28 -60.00%
Rhode Island College7 -87.27%
Rider University7 +20.00%
Ripon College6 +9.09%
Roberts Wesleyan University3 -
Rockhurst University7 -16.67%
Rocky Mountain College9 +20.00%
Rosemont College3 -62.50%
Rowan University74 +13.16%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick280 -10.77%
SUNY Brockport32 +37.50%
SUNY Buffalo State University23 +2100.00%
SUNY College at Geneseo78 -12.93%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh21 -25.93%
SUNY Old Westbury42 +13.11%
SUNY Oneonta80 -34.56%
SUNY at Fredonia7 -35.71%
Sacred Heart University37 +23.08%
Saginaw Valley State University31 -3.51%
Saint Ambrose University2 -75.00%
Saint Anselm College17 +16.67%
Saint Elizabeth University1 -40.00%
Saint Johns University12 +31.58%
Saint Joseph's University36 +3.08%
Saint Mary's College of California23 +2.86%
Saint Norbert College18 -28.00%
Saint Peter's University11 -14.29%
Saint Vincent College19 +4.17%
Saint Xavier University12 -27.59%
Salem College3 -57.14%
Salem State University18 -
Salisbury University125 +13.04%
Sam Houston State University85 +50.00%
Samford University19 -
San Diego State University261 +17.41%
San Francisco State University229 -28.26%
San Jose State University276 +30.93%
Santa Clara University140 +5.38%
Schreiner University9 +20.00%
Seattle Pacific University16 -36.73%
Seattle University28 +16.67%
Seton Hall University25 +13.33%
Seton Hill University5 -50.00%
Shenandoah University8 -43.75%
Shepherd University19 -44.00%
Simmons University15 -
Simpson University10 -50.00%
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania9 -55.56%
Sonoma State University90 -16.26%
South Dakota State University22 +66.67%
Southeast Missouri State University56 +5.41%
Southeastern Louisiana University43 -7.14%
Southeastern Oklahoma State University13 -14.29%
Southern Connecticut State University55 -2.86%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale21 -8.33%
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville34 +29.27%
Southern Oregon University25 -18.52%
Southern Utah University76 +10.96%
Southern Wesleyan University8 +66.67%
Southwest Baptist University4 -60.00%
Southwest Minnesota State University6 -50.00%
Southwestern University28 -35.48%
Spalding University5 +100.00%
Spring Arbor University2 -
Springfield College11 -20.00%
St Lawrence University47 +48.65%
St. Francis College1 +400.00%
St. John's University-New York91 -28.46%
St. Joseph's University-New York8 +900.00%
St. Mary's University13 +187.50%
St. Thomas Aquinas College12 +14.29%
State University of New York at New Paltz73 -34.62%
State University of New York at Oswego21 -5.88%
Stephen F Austin State University9 -
Stetson University25 -
Stockton University79 +13.85%
Stonehill College24 -4.55%
Susquehanna University4 -100.00%
Syracuse University113 +37.25%
Tabor College6 -
Tarleton State University29 -
Texas Christian University107 -8.87%
Texas Lutheran University11 -14.29%
Texas Southern University6 -
Texas State University84 -
Texas Tech University160 -
The Catholic University of America2 -
The University of Alabama121 -15.86%
The University of Montana37 -5.17%
The University of Tampa28 -
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville130 -15.38%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley45 +9.52%
The University of Texas at Austin203 -8.24%
The University of Texas at El Paso16 +4.76%
Thomas Jefferson University2 -27.27%
Tiffin University9 -
Touro University14 -10.26%
Transylvania University5 -41.67%
Trevecca Nazarene University11 -41.67%
Trinity Christian College7 -57.14%
Trinity Washington University4 -33.33%
Troy University29 -24.62%
Truman State University28 -25.53%
Tulane University of Louisiana145 +109.52%
Tuskegee University14 -
Union University3 -
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus12 -25.00%
University at Albany155 -33.47%
University at Buffalo330 -18.95%
University of Alabama at Birmingham79 -23.76%
University of Alabama in Huntsville21 -29.41%
University of Alaska Fairbanks5 -
University of Arizona249 -8.80%
University of Arkansas201 +26.26%
University of Arkansas Grantham5 -
University of Arkansas at Little Rock13 -28.57%
University of Arkansas at Monticello5 -69.23%
University of Central Florida282 +1.42%
University of Central Missouri17 +50.00%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus175 -13.54%
University of Colorado Boulder158 +13.92%
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus161 -1.33%
University of Connecticut262 -14.34%
University of Dayton123 +11.02%
University of Delaware193 +38.24%
University of Denver83 +1.16%
University of Detroit Mercy8 +233.33%
University of Georgia107 -20.92%
University of Guam17 -26.67%
University of Hartford18 -48.08%
University of Hawaii at Hilo37 -21.67%
University of Hawaii at Manoa110 -7.35%
University of Houston1 -42.86%
University of Idaho17 -
University of Iowa161 -4.21%
University of Kansas90 -8.40%
University of Kentucky190 -2.45%
University of La Verne5 -45.71%
University of Louisville139 -22.03%
University of Lynchburg16 -48.48%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor2 -
University of Maryland Global Campus153 +24.68%
University of Maryland-College Park247 +16.45%
University of Miami31 +311.11%
University of Michigan-Dearborn20 -13.33%
University of Minnesota-Duluth60 -18.18%
University of Missouri-Columbia162 +2.79%
University of Missouri-Kansas City58 -34.34%
University of Mobile5 +36.36%
University of Mount Saint Vincent11 +45.45%
University of Nebraska at Omaha25 +3.03%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln36 -17.65%
University of Nevada-Las Vegas102 +19.78%
University of Nevada-Reno53 -7.94%
University of New Hampshire at Manchester12 +45.45%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus134 -19.57%
University of New Haven21 +51.72%
University of North Alabama7 -61.11%
University of North Carolina Wilmington175 +3.96%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill177 -10.60%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte236 -27.17%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro107 -15.18%
University of North Florida23 +1600.00%
University of North Texas80 -
University of Northern Colorado48 -10.96%
University of Northern Iowa37 -54.10%
University of Northwestern-St Paul8 +25.00%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus84 -33.90%
University of Pikeville8 +44.44%
University of Puget Sound24 +26.09%
University of Rhode Island200 -20.93%
University of Rio Grande2 -
University of San Francisco40 -35.85%
University of South Alabama41 -17.74%
University of South Carolina Aiken31 -50.00%
University of South Carolina Beaufort18 +83.33%
University of South Carolina-Upstate35 +7.84%
University of South Dakota14 -18.75%
University of South Florida203 -21.92%
University of Southern California269 +20.74%
University of Southern Maine33 -22.45%
University of Southern Mississippi24 -25.81%
University of St Thomas31 -38.78%
University of St Thomas15 +66.67%
University of Toledo41 +1.41%
University of Tulsa16 -58.33%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus281 -34.45%
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse79 +8.79%
University of Wisconsin-Madison304 -12.41%
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee87 +59.09%
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh34 -6.82%
University of Wisconsin-River Falls40 +40.74%
University of Wisconsin-Superior24 +7.41%
University of Wyoming40 +8.70%
University of the Cumberlands13 +18.75%
University of the Incarnate Word18 +33.33%
University of the Virgin Islands6 -33.33%
Utah Tech University50 -27.71%
Utah Valley University21 -25.99%
Valdosta State University46 +2.22%
Valley City State University4 -40.00%
Vanderbilt University22 +3.70%
Vanguard University of Southern California1 -72.41%
Villanova University167 -7.74%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University225 -3.52%
Virginia Wesleyan University15 -66.67%
Waldorf University26 +47.37%
Walla Walla University2 +50.00%
Warner University2 -
Washburn University16 -13.64%
Washington Adventist University1 -90.00%
Wayne State College9 -
Wayne State University39 +70.59%
Weber State University91 +2.97%
Webster University1 -50.00%
West Liberty University11 +9.09%
West Texas A & M University11 -5.26%
West Virginia State University7 -25.00%
West Virginia University52 -
Western Carolina University58 +12.20%
Western Colorado University19 +50.00%
Western Connecticut State University27 -24.14%
Western Illinois University37 -29.03%
Western Kentucky University25 +11.43%
Western Michigan University48 -20.83%
Western Oregon University27 -18.42%
Western Washington University86 -23.58%
Westfield State University32 -13.33%
Westminster College3 -
Westminster University10 -26.09%
Westmont College24 +20.83%
Wheaton College34 -32.69%
Whitworth University26 +73.33%
Widener University7 -
Wilkes University11 +27.27%
William Carey University3 -
William Jewell College7 -20.00%
William Paterson University of New Jersey98 -28.95%
Wilmington College15 +100.00%
Wingate University3 -
Winona State University19 -23.08%
Wisconsin Lutheran College4 +50.00%
Worcester State University26 -38.64%
Wright State University-Main Campus17 -40.00%
Xavier University19 +153.85%
York University1 +100.00%