A program that focuses on human interpersonal communication from the scientific/behavioral and humanistic perspectives. Includes instruction in the theory and physiology of speech, the history of discourse, the structure and analysis of argument and types of public speech, the social role of speech, oral interpretation of literature, interpersonal interactions, and the relation of speech to nonverbal and other forms of message exchanges.
| A major in Speech and Rhetorical Studies is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 50
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Speech and Rhetorical Studies among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Oglethorpe University
Atlanta, GA | 27
(13.7%) |  |  | |
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| | College of Saint Benedict
Saint Joseph, MN | 56
(12.7%) |  | | |
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| | Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL | 26
(10.0%) | |  | |
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| | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg
Greensburg, PA | 22
(9.8%) | | | |
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| | Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ | 86
(9.6%) | | | |
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| | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Johnstown, PA | 51
(9.6%) | | - | |
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| | SUNY at Albany
Albany, NY | 206
(7.5%) |  |  | |
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| | Saint Johns University
Collegeville, MN | 33
(7.5%) | | | |
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| | Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL | 157
(6.6%) | | | |
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| | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA | 231
(5.9%) | | | |
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