2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Speech Communication is the 17th most popular major in the country with 41,970 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 12,891 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in speech communication. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality speech communication programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the speech communication program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree speech communication students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 8 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW Seattle, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Speech Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Speech Communication at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wazzu is located in Pullman, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s speech communication degrees to qualified students.

Wazzu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Speech Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Wazzu Speech Communication Report

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Speech Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Speech Communication at University of Southern California

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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