2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication in Alabama

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in Alabama” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Alabama, there were 590 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The speech communication school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication in Alabama

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama list. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s speech communication degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

UA also made our “Best Speech Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UA Speech Communication Report

#2

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Speech Communication Schools for a Master’s in Alabama list. This large school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 22 masters’s speech communication degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAB, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Speech Communication Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Speech Communication at UAB

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’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.

Credits

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

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