2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Florida

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Florida” 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 Florida, there were 1,537 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,671 and $120,169 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the speech communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Florida” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Florida

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication in Florida

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Florida list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Speech Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126.

Read full report on Speech Communication at USF Tampa

#2

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in Florida list. University of Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 4 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Speech Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Speech Communication at U Miami

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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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