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Largest speech communication and rhetoric programs in North Carolina
North Carolina speech communication and rhetoric programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Carolina University | Greenville | Public, 4-year | 293 |
| 2 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte | Public, 4-year | 276 |
| 3 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Raleigh | Public, 4-year | 201 |
| 4 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | Wilmington | Public, 4-year | 184 |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | Public, 4-year | 133 |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Greensboro | Public, 4-year | 92 |
| 7 | Appalachian State University | Boone | Public, 4-year | 84 |
| 8 | Western Carolina University | Cullowhee | Public, 4-year | 48 |
| 9 | North Carolina A & T State University | Greensboro | Public, 4-year | 26 |
| 10 | Fayetteville State University | Fayetteville | Public, 4-year | 21 |
| 11 | Catawba College | Salisbury | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 14 |
| 12 | Campbell University | Buies Creek | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 13 | Methodist University | Fayetteville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 5 |
| 14 | Meredith College | Raleigh | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 15 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | Rocky Mount | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 16 | Salem College | Winston-Salem | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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