by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major” ranking.
Speech Communication is the 18th most popular major in the country with 41,146 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 218 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major” ranking analyzed 47 colleges that offered a degree in speech communication. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in speech communication.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree speech communication students.
Out of the 47 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s speech communication degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s speech communication students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Speech Communication at University of Southern Mississippi
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s speech communication students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Ohio, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 7 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, University of Southern California did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 doctorate’s speech communication degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full University of Southern California Speech Communication Report
University of Denver landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major ranking. DU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 3 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Kentucky came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major ranking. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major ranking, coming in at #10. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Speech Communication at Louisiana State University
University of Colorado Boulder ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. University of Colorado Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 7 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Colorado Boulder Speech Communication Report
With a ranking of #12, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s speech communication degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Speech Communication at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
With a ranking of #13, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 9 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Clemson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major ranking, coming in at #14. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, University of Maryland - College Park did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. University of Maryland - College Park is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s speech communication degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Speech Communication at University of Maryland - College Park
Georgia State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major ranking, coming in at #16. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s speech communication students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Speech Communication at Arizona State University - Tempe
Wayne State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major ranking, coming in at #18. Wayne State University is a large public school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 4 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Iowa came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major ranking. University of Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 5 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major ranking. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s speech communication degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #21, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full University of South Florida - Main Campus Speech Communication Report
University of Utah did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major ranking, coming in at #22. University of Utah is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University at Buffalo ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 4 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Speech Communication at University at Buffalo
With a ranking of #24, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s speech communication students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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