2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication in Maryland

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 41,970 people earned their degree in speech communication, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 1,107 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great speech communication programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the speech communication program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree speech communication students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland list. UMCP is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Speech Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Speech Communication at UMCP

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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