| | Require an oral communication course | Allow for a communication “module” in another discipline-specific course | Do NOT require an oral communication course | Number | Percent |
| List oral communication as a student learning outcome | (12 or 30%) Alabama Southern, Bevill, Enterprise, Jefferson Davis, Lawson, Montevallo, North Alabama, Northeast, Snead, South Alabama, Wallace-Dothan, West Alabama | (4 or 10%) Central AL, Gadsden, LBW, Reid | (10 or 25%) Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Auburn, AUM, Bishop, Chattahoochee Valley, Jefferson, UAB, UAH, Wallace-Hanceville | 26 | 65% |
| Do NOT list oral communication as a student learning outcome | (6 or 15%) Faulkner, Northwest-Shoals, Troy, Troy-Dothan, Troy-Montgomery Wallace-Selma | (2 or 5%) Shelton, Trenholm | (6 or 15%) Alabama, Calhoun, Drake, Ingram, Jacksonville, Southern Union | 14 | 35% |
| Number of schools | 18 | 6 | 16 | 40 | |
| Percent of schools | 45% | 15% | 40% | | 100% |
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