Communication Disorders Sciences & Services
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Communication Disorders Sciences & Services degree recipients are New York, NY, Boston, MA, and Logan, UT. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Communication Disorders Sciences & Services degree recipients are Clayton, MO, Portales, NM, and Montevallo, AL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Communication Disorders Sciences & Services is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services and the types of students that study this field. Utah State University awards the most degrees in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services in the US, but Albizu University-Miami and Salus University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services.
Tuition costs for Communication Disorders Sciences & Services majors are, on average, $7,766 for in-state public colleges, and $36,928 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Communication Disorders Sciences & Services programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (231 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (17,620 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services, is Public, 4-year or above (17,620 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Communication Disorders Sciences & Services programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Utah State University has the most Communication Disorders Sciences & Services degree recipients, with 374 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services.
Out of all institutions that offer Communication Disorders Sciences & Services programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Albizu University-Miami has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services, with 23.4%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Communication Disorders Sciences & Services.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Health graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Health majors is $87,543 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
The industry that employs the most Health majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Farm supplies merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Health majors is $87,543 and the most common occupations are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Health majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Health majors, by number of employees, are Registered nurses, Pharmacists, and Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Health majors working as Nurse practitioners & nurse midwives, Nurse anesthetists, and Audiologists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Health majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Nurse anesthetists.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.36%, from 4.51M in 2021 to 4.66M in 2022.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.5%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Health majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Outpatient care centers, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Health majors, by average wage, are Farm supplies merchant wholesalers, Aerospace products & parts manufacturing, and Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers.
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.36%, from 4.51M in 2021 to 4.66M in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Health graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Outpatient care centers. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Health.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 3.06% and 3% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional Doctorate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Communication Disorders Sciences & Services.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.03 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (202,070 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Communication Disorders Sciences & Services field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Communication Disorders Sciences & Services majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Communication Disorders Sciences & Services majors need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis, Learning Strategies, and Science.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Communication Disorders Sciences & Services majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operations Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Social Perceptiveness are the three most important skills for people in the field.
