2024 Best Speech Communication Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
2Colleges in the Far Western US Region
24Doctor's Degrees
If you pursue a doctor's degree in speech communication, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #86 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for speech communication students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 24 doctor's degrees in speech communication during the 2020-2021 academic year.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on speech communication students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other speech communication students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized speech communication related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for speech communication students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Speech Communication Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Speech Communication in the Far Western US Region
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for speech communication students seeking a a doctor's degree.
Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Speech Communication
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).