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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 41,146 people earned their degree in speech communication, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 5,191 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 speech communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in speech communication. That schools that top this list have a program in speech communication in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. BGSU is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #2 spot on the list. UWM is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 7 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region list. SIUC is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Speech Communication at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 9 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Wayne State University is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Speech Communication at Wayne State University
Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s speech communication degrees to qualified students.
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%.
With a ranking of #7, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region list. West Lafayette, Indiana 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.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.
Northwestern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #9, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s speech communication degrees to qualified 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Speech Communication at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s speech communication degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Speech Communication Report
With a ranking of #11, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s speech communication degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #13, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Speech Communication Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s speech communication students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Speech Communication at Kent State University at Kent
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