by our College Data Analytics TeamCommunication Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in communication sciences, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Pitt was $1,630 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $947 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $23,530 | $39,898 |
| Fees | $938 | $938 |
Pitt does not offer an online option for its communication sciences doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Pitt Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in communication sciences in 2019-2020, 86.7% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 85.8%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 13.3% of the communication sciences doctor’s degrees at Pitt in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 16%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 13 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Communication Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 1 |
| Speech Pathology & Audiology | 14 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to communication sciences.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dentistry | 81 |
| Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 2 |
| Medicine | 136 |
| Medical Science | 4 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 127 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.