| Oral communication requirement | Schools | Number | Percent |
| Public speaking | Alabama Southern, Bevill, Faulkner, Jefferson Davis, Lawson, North Alabama, Northeast, Northwest-Shoals, South Alabama, Troy, Troy-Dothan, Troy-Montgomery, West Alabama | 13 | 33% |
| Public speaking OR Fundamentals of oral communication | Enterprise, Snead, Wallace-Dothan, Wallace-Selma | 4 | 10% |
| Fundamentals of oral communication | Montevallo | 1 | 3% |
| Speech OR a communication “module” | Central Alabama, Gadsden, Jefferson, LBW, Reid, Shelton, Trenholm | 7 | 18% |
| A communication course is one of many humanities options | Alabama, Alabama State, AUM, Bishop, Calhoun, Chattahoochee Valley, Ingram, UAB | 8 | 20% |
| A speech option is offered as an English class | Alabama A&M, Jacksonville State | 2 | 5% |
| None | Auburn, Drake, Southern Union, UAH, Wallace-Hanceville | 5 | 13% |
| Totals | | 40 | 100% |
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