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.
Speech Communication and Rhetoric is relatively popular as a minor/second major with 1,134 people graduating with it as a minor in academic year 2018-19.
| Major | Graduates | Colleges |
| Communication, General | 9,904 | 235 |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 9,127 | 260 |
| Rhetoric and Composition | 2,302 | 61 |
| Communication and Media Studies, Other | 1,780 | 94 |