2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 the Southwest region, there were 2,969 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s speech communication students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Speech Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Speech Communication at ASU - Tempe

#1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$23,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Speech Communication Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236.

Read full report on Speech Communication at University of Oklahoma

• 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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